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Note, Feb. 23, 2021: I've just edited this to correct one typo. Although I had a vague memory, when the Christian Goodreaders group chose this book as a common read, of having read some of Bonhoeffer's writings back in my early 20s, I now believe that what I read back then was his Life Together: The Leggi tutto

Where does one begin? This is a book that will profoundly change your understanding about what it means to be a person of faith in the world. Bonhoeffer challenges us to look beyond the values of this world, and asks us are we willing to embrace the true cost of discipleship? His analysis of cheap gr Leggi tutto

This book will mess you up, and you will be better for it - at least it should. Bonhoeffer combats what he coins "cheap grace" (i.e., grace with no demand, no cost, no cross). He demonstrates that the life of discipleship is the life of crucifixion. But this is not from some pussified metrosexual pa Leggi tutto

I have spent most of my life attending what are generally called the mainline Protestant denominations in the US. I grew up in the United Methodist Church and I'm now a PCUSA Presbyterian. I have heard this book quoted or referenced In sermons and bible studies more times than I can count. But I had Leggi tutto

Bonhoeffer lived his faith. He was a strong opposer to the nazi party during WWII and their treatment of the Jewish people. As a result of that opposition, not long after writing this book, he was imprisoned. Then, he was placed in a concentration camp and hung. He wanted the body of Christ to come