Bonhoeffer Series: Part One || “A Story About Coming Home” Part Two || “Disembodied Christianity” Part Three || “A Foundation in the Word” (Today’s post is the last in this series, though I have no doubt we will revisit the ministry of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the future.) — In 1943, after a failed assassination attempt…
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Lessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Foundation in the Word
Bonhoeffer Series: Part One || “A Story About Coming Home” Part Two || “Disembodied Christianity” — As quickly as the Third Reich began its rule of Germany the Jews were put on notice. And immediately the German Church was thrust into the spotlight. Would the church follow the state, or would it choose to honor…
Lessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Disembodied Christianity
Bonhoeffer Series: Part One — In the last post we looked at Dietrich’s decision to forgo an opportunity for safety in the US, opting to return to Nazi Germany where his safety would be greatly endangered. Yesterday marked the 69 year anniversary of his death in a concentration camp, so it seems fitting to look…
Lessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
On our vacation not long ago I read the biography entitled Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. It’s by far the longest book I’ve read (around 550 pages depending on the format you read it in). I’ve never been a big biography reader, but to say this book left its mark on me would be a profound…