{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"God&#039;s Politics","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics","author_name":"jmcgee","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/author\/jmcgee","title":"Brian McLaren: Christianity and the 'Pride of Power' - God&#039;s Politics","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zH2gFuPngT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2006\/10\/brian-mclaren-christianity-and.html\">Brian McLaren: Christianity and the &#8216;Pride of Power&#8217;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2006\/10\/brian-mclaren-christianity-and.html\/embed#?secret=zH2gFuPngT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Brian McLaren: Christianity and the &#8216;Pride of Power&#8217;&#8221; &#8212; God&#039;s Politics\" data-secret=\"zH2gFuPngT\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"I recently came across this quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from his sermon on 2 Corinthians 12:9: &#8220;Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak. Christians are doing too little to make these points clear rather than too much. Christendom adjusts itself&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.sojo.net\/images\/about_us\/portrait_mclaren.jpg"}