What Bonhoeffer Heard in Harlem
In 1930, a twenty-four-year-old German theologian named Dietrich Bonhoeffer arrived at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was already brilliant — two doctoral...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Samuel 3:1-10.
In 1930, a twenty-four-year-old German theologian named Dietrich Bonhoeffer arrived at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was already brilliant — two doctoral dissertations behind him, a sharp mind for systematic theology. But something was missing. He later admitted that for all his academic training, he had not yet truly heard the voice of God speaking personally to him.…
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