“Your ‘yes’ to God requires your ‘no’ to all injustice, to all evil, to all lies, to all oppression and violation of the weak and poor …” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor, theologian, author and anti-Nazi dissident, 1906-1945
Don’t preach to me.
Don’t throw scripture like a shield while turning your back on suffering.
Don’t lecture me with psalms while defending the powerful and ignoring the oppressed.
Show me.
Show me in how you treat people who have nothing to offer you.
Show me in how you speak up when it’s uncomfortable, and stand firm when silence is easy.
Show me that your God walks with the poor, the wounded, the silenced — not just the saved.
Faith without justice is empty noise.
Holiness without compassion is just ego in a robe.
If you say yes to God, then say no to everything that breaks what God loves: people, truth, peace, and dignity.
Don’t tell me what you believe.
Live it.
“Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things." — Philippians 4:8.
Bruce McClay
Battle Ground
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