October, 2019

Gandhi Letter to Hitler

Gandhi Letter to Hitler

A friend sent this letter Gandhi sent Hitler at Christmas in 1940. I think it is worth contemplating with an open and honest heart. It reminds me of an article my son and I read in Foreign Affairs while writing our book. It documented that far more international and national conflicts have been settled by […]

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God Cleanses Ten Lepers

God Cleanses Ten Lepers

NB: I decided to post this sermon as it is somewhat of a response to the lessons on Bonhoeffer.  A friend challenged me to address the present political situation in a sermon to a peace church. This was the result. Luke 17: 11-19 —  On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region […]

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Lesson 8: Final Thoughts on Bonhoeffer

Lesson 8: Final Thoughts on Bonhoeffer

I really have been overwhelmed rereading Bonhoeffer. As I have repeatedly reported, I was not that impressed when I first studied him in divinity school. At that time, I was caught up in the civil rights movement and naively felt we had learned how to speak truth to power. Now, I feel he has a […]

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Lesson 7:  Letters and Papers from Prison (Part 4): Conclusions and Consequences

Lesson 7: Letters and Papers from Prison (Part 4): Conclusions and Consequences

Throughout his writings, Bonhoeffer repeatedly contends the Church must commit herself to living in complete honesty and by the standards found in the scriptures if she is to save the world from self-destruction. Only in this way can she avoid the sickening religiosity that ignores the real dangers in a modern evil culture. In the […]

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Lesson 6: Letters and Papers from Prison (Part 3): The Real Meaning of Christian Faith

Lesson 6: Letters and Papers from Prison (Part 3): The Real Meaning of Christian Faith

The second chapter in Bonhoeffer’s proposed book on religionless Christianity in our world come of age examines the real meaning of faith. He repeatedly claims this demands the absolute honesty of repentance that admits our failures and accepts divine guidance as well as an accurate reading of the Biblical message. The latter acknowledges that the […]

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