THE CONFESSING CHURCH

DO NOT BE ANXIOUS [BIBLE VERSE OF THE WEEK ~ MAY 3, 2015 TO MAY 9, 2015]

⁶ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; ⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

- Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV)

SOPHIE SCHOLL ON MOSES [QUOTE OF THE FORTNIGHT ~ SUNDAY MAY 3, 2015 TO SATURDAY MAY 16, 2015]

 

Bust of Sophie Scholl in Walhalla

QUOTE: I've been thinking of a story from the Old Testament: Moses stood all day and all night with outstretched arms, praying to God for victory. And whenever he let down his arms, the enemy prevailed over the children of Israel. Are there still people today who never weary of directing all their thinking and all their energy, single-heartedly, to one cause?

[As quoted in Seeking Peace : Notes and Conversations Along the Way (2000) by Johann Christoph Arnold, p. 155]

AUTHOR: Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a German student and Christian anti-Nazi political activist, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany.

She was convicted of high treason after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich (LMU) with her brother Hans. As a result, they were both executed by guillotine. Since the 1970s, Scholl has been extensively commemorated for her anti-Nazi resistance work.

She was the daughter of the liberal politician Robert Scholl, an ardent critic of the Nazis.

Please go to this blog post to read an opinion of Sophie Scholl.