A Study in Human Potential

Posted on April 17, 2006, under General.

Auschwitz

Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State
produced by BBC

Although the full depravity is censcored probably for scholastic reasons, a look at what humans are capable of doing to other humans when they believe there is no higher order than their own self-interests, and that humans ultimately have no greater value than that of waste to be thoughtlessly discarded.

The Lamb and the Fuhrer

The Lamb and the Fuhrer
by Ravi Zacharias

“Hitler’s name is synonymous with power, evil, and genocide. Jesus’ name with love, peace, and humility. Put the two in a room together, where they are visited by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed by the Nazis for his association in a plot to assassinate Hitler, and you won’t believe your ears. This third book in the intriguing Great Conversations series takes Jesus to the twentieth century to confront one of the world’s most influential people of all time–and address fundamental issues of life and death, violence and the value of human life.”

A Christian Manifesto

A Christian Manifesto
by Francis A. Schaeffer

What does Christianity have to offer? If someone believes that God loved every person so much that He willingly sacrificed His Son’s glory and life to reach out to His Creation, what does that person’s life look like? Does that person fall in-step with the person who believes humans have no value beyond that of a renewable resource, or does it sharply contrast it with passion and love for the weary, down-trodden and defenseless?

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