Martin Niemoller, a German pastor, experienced what he called his “second conversion” while imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II. Niemoller had so despised the atrocities of the Hitler regime that he came to hate the prison guard who brought him his food each day. Seeing the Nazi insignia on his uniform, all the indignation and outrage Niemoller felt toward that evil system was directed against that guard. Then one day Niemoller suddenly realized that Jesus Christ died on the cross for that guard, that Christ loved him that much. Niemoller knew that he was bound to love that guard, and to love every man. The atonement of Christ took on a whole new meaning for Niemoller. Its implications were revolutionary.