Kingdom Ethics Quotes

“Didn’t Hitler speak about the need for Christian morality and about divine providence guiding Germany’s history? Didn’t Germany need a strong ruler who would get the economy moving again and defeat Germany’s enemies? Christians were flattered by Hitler’s claim to support Christianity, and they lacked the unwavering biblical commitment to standards of justice that would have cautioned them against trusting his unjust plans. Bonhoeffer was one of the very few Christian leaders to see from the start that Hitler was too authoritarian, too dictatorial, too unjust, and too warlike. After Hitler’s election, Bonhoeffer preached that Christians have only one Lord, Jesus Christ, and not some other lord, a secular authority.”
― David P. Gushee, Kingdom Ethics, 2nd ed.: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context