Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Cost of Living the Word
In 1933, as Adolf Hitler rose to power, most German churches chose silence. They listened to sermons about justice and love, nodded in agreement, and...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on James 1:22.
In 1933, as Adolf Hitler rose to power, most German churches chose silence. They listened to sermons about justice and love, nodded in agreement, and went home to do nothing. But a young Lutheran pastor named Dietrich Bonhoeffer refused to let the Word of God remain mere theory on his lips. While other clergy signed loyalty oaths to the Nazi regime, Bonhoeffer helped found the Confessing Church, openly declaring that obedience to Christ demanded resistance to tyranny.…
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