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Can Dietrich Bonhoeffer make a difference in twenty-first century preachers and preaching?. (DELAWARE COUNTY DAILY TIMES) LETTER TO THE EDITOR: HATEFUL ACTS MUST BE CONDEMNED. Klan-style hoods is being condemned by school officials after being distributed on social media among some Strath Haven High School An important responsibility of a newspaper is, not only to report the news, but also to express its own views in editorials I find it disappointing that the Daily Times did not use such a opportunity to comment on the recent incident involving hateful messages by four Strath Haven High School students aimed at clas*mates who were “different.” Instead, it left it to 20 representatives of Delaware County faith communities to do the editorializing via a letter to the editor. In the words of DIETRICH BONHOEFFER, the German pastor who had the courage to speak out against Hitler, “Silence in the face of evil is The as*umption behind this article is that the preciousness and pleasures of Christmas will be de*per, stronger, and more intense if we experience Christmas as part of something vaster than all creation and endless ages. The wisdom of God that planned for Christmas existed The universe is a theater for the display of God’s wisdom. Jesus Christ is the center and sum of that wisdom. It was executed by the Son of God and for the Son of God. Therefore, “all things were created through him and for him” (Colossians 1:16 This Christ-exalting plan for the universe was eternal — God had it in mind forever. The plan “was according to the eternal purpose that long-hidden mystery was a promise of eternal life which God “promised before the ages began” (Titus 1:2 It was a plan that would turn the cosmos into a theater, with angels and devils seated in the heavenly galleries to watch the plan unfold. The plan was to put God’s wisdom on display with Christ at the center. The infinite divine wisdom would be seen in Christ’s great achievement — a bride for the Son of God, snatched from Satan’s hold, redeemed and beautified by the incarnation, death, and