________________Amos 5: 21,24
I hate,
I despise
your
festivals,
and I take
no delight
in your
solemn
assemblies
But let
justice
roll down
like waters
and righteousness
like an ever flowing stream
* Karl Barth, 1886-1968 pastor + theologian, 
His day is actually tomorrow but his life, teaching and witness is remarkably applicable to-day. pastor and theologian, His experience of First World War led him to “critically question the dominant theology of the day, day, which, in Barth’s view, held a too easy peace between theology and culture.” Our allegiance to God in Christ comes first." With Hitler’s rise to power he wrote that the “Church’s allegiance to God in Christ (and hence the individual Christian’s allegiance) gives it the moral imperative to challenge the rule and violence of” the leader. "He was ultimately forced to resign his position professorship at Bonn due to his refusal to swear an oath to Hitler." America, he also His lfieteime spanned the assassinations of JFK, and MLK.
“ " Teach us, like him, to live by faith, and even in cha-otic and perilous times to perceive the light of your eternal glory, Jesus Christ our Redeemer" -Collect
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