Plough Quarterly

“The plebiscite, which took place on November 12, was not a free election in any sense, but a closely watched show of force. Every person of voting age was compelled to go to the polls, and the authorities made a point of informing us of this. What should we do? After much soul-searching, we decided to go. Rather than refuse to participate – rather than simply say ‘no’ to government, like anarchists – we would use the occasion as an opportunity to witness to our beliefs in a positive way. Eberhard formulated a short statement declaring that insofar as government was instituted by God, we respected it, but added that our mission was a different one: our task was to live according to the way of Christ, as a corrective to the rest of the world.” —Emmy Arnold

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“Our telos is not inside of us like a hidden egg waiting to be cracked open and revealed so that we can become who we always were. Our telos is to be in Christ, is Christlikeness. This is what we were created for, saved for.” @TheAlanNoble

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“On Forgiveness” by @suzania: ploughstack.substack.com/p/on-forgivene…

The Trump interview and the Basics of Christian faith

“God holds the colonized, the enslaved, the unborn, the refugee, the poor, the neglected old and ill in his memory and requires that we too keep them close. The good news is primarily for them.” @TerenceJSweeney

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“We could not say ‘Heil Hitler,’ since we did not believe that Heil (salvation) came from him! Naturally this often got us into trouble on the street or in the shops. But how could we cooperate? It was no question to us what spirit Hitler served, and we refused to have anything to do with it.” —Emmy Arnold

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