...history tells us that church does its best work from the sidelines, far from the corridors of power, on the fringes.
In the late 1980's, it was the churches in East Germany that largely prevented the revolt against the Marxist-Leninist regimes from turning violent. The churches were among the only people in the country who had the moral credibility to stop the crowds because the churches were NOT part of the establishment. They had enough distance between them and the power brokers that people could look to them for guidance without worrying that they might be betrayed into government hands.
I think that’s a powerful lesson for us.
The political doctrine of the separation of church and state arises...(the rest here)
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