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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The evil of silence and cheap grace

February 21, 2026 By Robert Saul

Inaction in the face of gross inequities is cheap grace. It is ignoring the plight of our fellow citizens.

Filed Under: Thoughts Tagged With: cheap grace, costly grace, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, evil of silence, grace, Isabel Wilkerson, woke

Aphorisms to live by

March 9, 2025 By Robert Saul

Aphorisms tend to ring true, provoking reflection and hopefully inspiring beneficial actions.

Filed Under: Thoughts Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, aphorisms, Barack Obama, better is good, charity, civility, cost of lies, Craig Mazin, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, evil of silence, freedom, James Keenan, Leland Kaiser, malice, Margaret Mead, mercy, our better angels, Robert Saul, Timothy Snyder, trust

The crippling cost of inaction

October 20, 2024 By Robert Saul

Choosing to do nothing or ignore the problems at hand is an action that allows or permits the permanent erosion of fulfilling our responsibility to others.

Filed Under: Thoughts Tagged With: caste, cheap grace, costly grace, demonization, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, fascism, grace, hate, inaction is action, lies, us vs them, woke

Caste – What now? (Part III)

May 19, 2024 By Robert Saul

A world without caste would set everyone free.

Filed Under: Thoughts Tagged With: caste, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, disability, humanity, intellectual disability, Isabel Wilkerson, physical disability, racism

Caste – Inaction is action (Part II)

May 12, 2024 By Robert Saul

I would argue that their inaction was an action in and of itself. Choosing to do nothing or ignore the problems at hand is an action that allows or permits the permanent erosion of fulfilling our responsibility to others.

Filed Under: Thoughts Tagged With: action, caste, cheap grace, contrite heart, costly grace, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, discipleship, evil of silence, inaction, inaction is action, woke

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