The Power of Change is in the People
I agree with Douglas Hall that the confession of the faith arises sometimes at a point when it is almost too late, and “the powerful of the world have gone too far.” He believes that when“the powerless are victimized then the faithful church resists.” [1] I see his point very well: Vladimir Lenin came up with a similar postulate, known as Principle of Power Balance required for revolution: “Change is possible when the top (the powerful) cannot rule in the new way, and the powerless refuse to live in the old way.” Modern Russians reinvented the old postulate in a new way, “When the top doesn't want to rule in the NEW way, and the mob (the powerless) WANTS to live in the OLD way.” This new interpretation sounds scary if applied to the Methodist church. What if we are right whereRussians are: unable to live in a new way?! There was another Soviet formula that had to be memorized by the nation: “We say ‘the Communist Party’ but we...