   Saturday, March 10, 2012  Versus Hitlers, Near and Far  A
great post by Everyday for Life Canada on the Declaration of
Barmen.  If there's one thing that's lacking in the world today
it's courage. Imagine trying to boss around the great Protestant
theologian, Karl Barth? Wish we had more like him today!
Edifying.  Where does courage come from? Faith. It comes from
allegiance to that power higher than the state. Faith coupled
with a truly gifted ability to reason - again, that Barth had -
makes one truly impressive. To the contrary are ideologues -
people whose faith lies in finite things, to which they
irrationally ascribe infinite value.  Faith is the ability to
die alone, poor, and misunderstood. This is something Barth had.
Fear of these things is what keeps Christians in Canada from
developing a Culture of Life.  Where are his Canadian disciples?
Seriously. I studied with some really nice Protestants in
Toronto. But, even despite the fact that I spent my childhood as
a Protestant, I don't get them. Are