John Sumwalt
For Agri-View
As we prepare to celebrate Holy Week and Easter, we would do well to remember the witness of the German Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He believed saying “yes” to Jesus means saying “no” to everything contrary to that commitment.
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