Two excerpts with striking differences and lessons to be learned from the Nazi Holocaust. May we as Christians not be so inward focussed we ignore evil when we see it. Although opposition can be fierce, there are positive ways to make a lasting impact. Excerpt from "When A Nation Forgets God: 7 Lessons We Must Learn From Nazi Germany" by Erwin Lutzer, pg. 21-22. "I lived in Nazi Germany during the Nazi Holocaust. I considered myself a Christian. We heard stories of what was happening to the Jews, but we tried to distance ourselves from it, because, what could anyone do to stop it? A railroad track ran behind our small church and each Sunday morning we could hear the whistle in the distance and then the wheels coming over the tracks. We became disturbed when we heared the cries coming from the train as it passed by. We realized that it was carrying Jews like cattle in the cars!
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