An interesting story…

Greg Boyd posted something that caught my eye yesterday on his blog:
http://gregboyd.blogspot.com/

The specific item was in his post A Discussion With Chuck Colson and Shane Claiborne, where Greg recounts a story told by Shane Claiborne during a public debate:

The most insightful, I thought, was when he responded to Colson’s citation of Bonhoeffer’s attempt to assassinate Hitler as an example of how Christians need to participate in politics and sometimes resort to violence. Shane told a story (of course) of a film he watched that interviewed Hitler’s chief secretary. She said that it was “miraculous” how Hitler escaped unharmed when the bomb Bonhoeffer’s group planted exploded. This reinforced Hitler’s sense of divine mission at a time when it was wavering and encouraged him to carry out his genocidal programs more enthusiastically. Shane said that as much as he respects Bonhoeffer, “the cross lost when that bomb went off.” Wow.
[emphasis mine]

I am ignorant of every topic covered in this story; Bonhoeffer, Hitler, the history of events, the film, etc… But I thought the zinger, ‘the cross lost when that bomb went off’ was particularly interesting. This can be extremely profound even when applied to something less dramatic. I wonder how many times the cross has lost when I…