"Much of what we know about German resistance to Nazi power came from Martin Niemoeller, a contemporary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a German pastor who was imprisoned for much of World War II for his own resistance activities. Convinced that Christians should never abandon their principles, Niemoeller consistently chided believers who supported Nazi causes. Such was the case when he questioned the motivations of a particular prison chaplain who was working in a Berlin jail. The chaplain, a man Martin Niemoeller recognized from his naval days and now knew as a Nazi stooge, initiated this particular exchange when he approached Niemoeller one day and asked in an accusatory tone: “Why Pastor Niemoeller, what are you doing in here?" Without missing a beat, Niemoeller stared back at the man and stated: 'No, sir. The question is not ‘why am I in here,’ but ‘why are you out there:’"
Please keep our brothers and sisters in North Valley Baptist Church in your prayers.
Recommended sermon:
When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray
