The Insidious Nature of Evil

It may be accurate to say that no one in their right mind would commend evil and condemn good. But then, the testimony of human history demonstrates that this happens far more often than we may be comfortable admitting - especially when those calling evil good and good evil also profess to be the people of God.

Isaiah 5: 13-25; Amos 5:4-15; Matthew 21:33-46; Luke 11:34-36; John 1:1-5

Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria. Adolf Hitler, 1914, via Wikimedia Commons. 

Music: Camille Saint-Saëns, Danse Macabre, Op. 40, performed by Daniel Barenboim conducting Luben Yordanoff and the Orchestre De Paris, Saint-Saëns: Symphony #3 "Organ"/Danse Macabre/Bacchanale/Le Deluge, Deutsche Grammophon GmbH 1976.