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Carl Trueman warns against a Christianity that loses its transcendent focus when it is drawn into immanent concerns, such as politics. He gives the example of theologians who gradually succumbed to the temptation of Nazism, contrasting them with Hermann Sasse and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose Bethel Confession, "placed the transcendent God, his Word and sacraments, and his church above all earthly powers."
Christians need to talk more about the transcendence of God, which is an immunization from being captured by evil political forces.
Hermann Sasse, writing about Hitler's Germany, has some powerful words about the spiritual, cultural, and political consequences of lies and building on lies. What he says is stunningly applicable today.
The reforms that men were willing to give up their lives for regarding the Christian Church remain just as important to Christianity today
The following is an edited-for-length version of the lecture delivered by the Rev. Dr. Juhana Pohjola, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, as part of the 2021 American Lecture Tour sponsored by the International Lutheran Council.