Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Bonhoeffer

For the folks at Memorial Presbyterian Church here's a compilation of my posts on Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I hope you've enjoyed our Wednesday night series on this extraordinary Christian, and that it has inspired you to further explore his life and writings.



The following link leads to a series of biographical sketches taken from Letters and Papers from Prison:

Costly Discipleship Remembered


Here are several of my favorite excerpts from Bonhoeffer's writings -- especially Life Together and The Cost of Discipleship -- along with some personal reflections:

The great school of prayer

Reading the Scriptures

Monday morning Bonhoeffer

Solitude and fellowship (part 1)

Solitude and fellowship (part 2)

Purposeful silence

A little leaven...

When God cancels our plans

Why the "verse for the day" is not enough

A prison Advent

Jesus, Socrates and Easter

Bonhoeffer on Luther and the justification of sinners (for Reformation Day 2009)

The trouble with moral difficulties

The fellowship of the blessed

The goal of Christian community

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