Thus the Trump era, however long it should last, represents a true test for Christians who regard Bonhoeffer as a model of discipleship. Bonhoeffer never forgot after Hitler came to power that he was not living in ordinary times, no matter how many of his countrymen adjusted and assimilated to Germany’s “new normal.” We who claim some kinship with Bonhoeffer must similarly resist becoming accustomed to ways of thinking, speaking, and acting that are anti-Christian, and antihuman, in spirit. And we must work to discredit claims on Bonhoeffer by those who do think, speak, and act in these ways.
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