"Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Lutheran theologian, was born in Germany in 1906 and was one of the greatest pioneers of the ecumenical movement. However, he is probably best known for his opposition to the Nazis through the Confessing Church and for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Hitler. Bonhoeffer was arrested in 1943 and executed shortly before the end of World War II. This collection of some of his writings gives a good oversight ..."
""The only way to understand the Psalms is on your knees, the whole congregation praying the words of the Psalms with all its strength." --Dietrich BonhoefferAt the time of his execution by the Nazis in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was not quite forty years old. Yet already, his influence as a theologian was felt not only in Germany but throughout the world. His interactions with the Psalms reveal a passionate heart and a brilliant mind gra ..."
"In the face of the horrors of the Nazi regime, the spirit of Deitrich Bonhoeffer burned its brightest. From his cell in Flossenburg Prison, where he awaited execution for conspiring to assassinate Adolf Hitler, this beloved pastor, theologian, writer, and voice of Christian conscience wrote ten powerful poems, charged with the white-hot emotions and disarming candor of a man who lived and ultimately died by the truth. Voices in the Nigh ..."
""The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, who look forward to something greater to come. For these, it is enough to wait in humble fear until the Holy One himself comes down to us, God in the child in the manger. God comes. The Lord Jesus comes. Christmas comes. Christians rejoice!" Dietrich BonhoefferExecuted by the Nazis for his complicity in a plot to ..."
"Dietrich Bonhoeffer s Meditations on Psalms functions on two levels It is a book of probing personal ruminations on the Psalms and their implications for practical Christian living And it is a revelation of the man behind the message who allowed the Psalms to search his heart and change over time his understanding of God s Word and his conduct as a citizen of the world From his sermon on Psalm 127 delivered in 1926 when he was a twenty ..."
"Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential, and his book The Cost of Discipleship became a modern classic.
Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi dictatorship, including vocal opposition to ..."
"Night and silence. Only footsteps and shouts of the guards. Do you not hear it in this silenced house, shaking, breaking, and collapsing, as hundreds kindle the glowing ember of their hearts? 'When I was in prison, no writings encouraged me more than Bonhoeffer's.' ---Chuck Colson Here in one volume are all ten of the dramatic poems that Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote during his confinement in Prison on charges of conspiring to a ..."
"“The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, who look forward to something greater to come. For these, it is enough to wait in humble fear until the Holy One himself comes down to us, God in the child in the manger. God comes. The Lord Jesus comes. Christmas comes. Christians rejoice!” ---Dietrich Bonhoeffer Executed by the Nazis for his complicity in a plot ..."
""The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, who look forward to something greater to come. For these, it is enough to wait in humble fear until the Holy One himself comes down to us, God in the child in the manger. God comes. The Lord Jesus comes. Christmas comes. Christians rejoice!" Dietrich BonhoefferExecuted by the Nazis for his complicity in a plot to ..."
""The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, who look forward to something greater to come. For these, it is enough to wait in humble fear until the Holy One himself comes down to us, God in the child in the manger. God comes. The Lord Jesus comes. Christmas comes. Christians rejoice!" Dietrich BonhoefferExecuted by the Nazis for his complicity in a plot to ..."
Take and Read Resource Book for Bible Study Groups by E.H. Robertson, EdwinRobertson Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1984 by Arthur James Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-85305-261-6, ISBN: 0-85305-261-1