Religion is the most fragile of all freedoms. And that's because it is the most threatening to those in power.
Eric MetaxasWe've gone all the way from foolishly accepting authority to foolishly rejecting all authority.
Eric Metaxas...when someone asked Bonhoeffer whether he shouldn't join the German Christians in order to work against them from within, he answered that he couldn't. 'If you board the wrong train,' he said, 'it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction.
Eric MetaxasHere was the rub: one must be more zealous to please God than to avoid sin. One must sacrifice oneself utterly to God's purposes, even to the point of possibly making moral mistakes. One's obedience to God must be forward-oriented and zealous and free, and to be a mere moralist or pietist would make such a life impossible.
Eric Metaxas