Reposted by Marcus Mescher
Johnny Zokovitch writes about Bonhoeffer's words about the importance of the church doing what it's always done — bandaging the wounds of those crushed under the wheel of injustice — but also the need to drive a spike into the spokes of the wheel of injustice itself. Following Jesus comes at a cost.
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Discipleship, in times like these, comes with a cost
By Johnny Zokovitch During my college years, one of my professors turned me on to the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard. What I found so compelling in Kierkegaard was his insistence on the way that faith had been co-opted by culture. Kierkegaard reflected on how, for the early Christian community, their allegiance to their faith could cost them so much for being in conflict with the culture surrounding them — resulting in their loss of livelihood, social and economic isolation, the severing of family bonds, and perhaps even their lives.
