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Living in chaos
I am currently reading through Bonhoeffer the Assassin? by Mark Thiessen Nation, Anthony Siegrist, and Daniel Umbel. They take on what they call the “myth” that Bonhoeffer was an active participant in the plots to assassinate Hitler.
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How to train pastors
I am fairly locked into the life of Bonhoeffer right now. I am working through a book, Bonhoeffer the Assassin? by Nation, Siegrist, and Umbel. I read Marsh’s biography of Bonhoeffer and recently finished Life Together by Bonhoeffer. We need his example in this day for our cultural Christianity.
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Quiet, prophetic words
There are moments. They seem like accidents. At the time, they may seem obvious, but get just past that moment and not note it, there is sometimes regret at missing the opportunity to pay a little more attention.
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Bonhoeffer, the Barmen Declaration, and resistance
The Confessing Church in Germany saw the dangers of Nazism encroaching and in 1934, leaders met in the city of Barmen-Wuppertal to put together a declaration that would magnify their Christian convictions and point out areas of dissent.
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Christ IS coming again
It is Advent. Over the last few years when I have learned more about Advent, and then joined the Anglican Church, I have a deep love for this season of the Church Year. It takes some practice to get used to Advent. Once you do, though, you will never want it any other way. — Fleming Rutledge
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Bonhoeffer’s approach to the rise of Nazism
It was 1933 and the German national church was almost entirely on board with Nazi propaganda. Over 90 percent of the student body in the theology department at the university in Berlin had joined the National Socialist Party.
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