HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN WE'VE SUCCEEDED - Just A Minute Radio for Friday 100423

            IT’S FRIDAY… I hear it echoing down the halls of history…  (J)

 

            End of the week time for a good story – well… not exactly a success story as we usually think of them – but certainly it is one in the light of a 65 year point of view.

 

            Back in April of 1945 – shortly before the end of WWII … especially in the European Theatre – things were moving pretty fast.  One of the very sad things to happen is explained in today’s JUST A MINUTE.  We don’t have time to go into great detail – but we do have listeners who can remember back to those tumultuous days.

 

            As one of the “Older Set” – somehow that doesn’t sound so ominous as the “Senior Generation” although I was happy enough to claim the title back in 1949 headed for picking up that diplomatic piece of paper. – sheepskin they called it – but I don’t think that was accurate.

 

            Nonetheless…time is very flexible when we’re remembering and that’s part of what we’re doing today… as well as counting our blessings and trusting the Lord…which is the most important task on the table.

 

            Thanks for being with us today… and have a great weekend.  We’ll look forward to being with you on Monday.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack and Barb

 

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“JUST A MINUTE”

HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN WE’VE SUCCEEDED

            Just a Minute: -- It’s April in 1933. What’s come to be called the “Aryan Paragraph” has just been ‘officially’ adopted by Hitler’s regime although it’s been part of his pathological rhetoric for some time now. In essence it banned all Jews from government employment.

            German churches – relying on government support – faced a choice, resist and cut off your funding, or dismiss pastors and employees.  Regrettably, most Protestant and Catholics quietly complied, some even currying favor with the Swastika wearing government.

            A 27 year-old-pastor named Bonheoffer, published an essay on the “Jewish Question” asserting (quote) “The churches of Germany share an unconditional obligation” to share their difficulties even if they – the victims of an unjust state – “do not belong to the Christian community.”

            That eventually lead to early April 1945 – 65 years ago, Bonheoffer had been revealed as a spy; he was executed with other ‘criminals’ for his ‘radical obedience to God.’

            It’s fitting to be reminded of what our freedom has cost.

            <>I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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