‘...Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy...’
Read it—loved it—often quote it.
So much written about Bonhoeffer would lead one to believe he was a liberal theologian when in reality he was a Biblical strict constructionist and he hated liberal theology as manifested in Manhattan’s Union Theological Seminary. Metaxas shows us the true Bonhoeffer.
One thing Bonhoeffer came to realize is that the USA’s religious freedom was far better than the state-sponsored Churches in Europe. He saw the effects of what happened when the NAZIs took over the government and made the “German Christian Church” (the name for the NAZI-controlled and racist church)the master of all the Lutheran ministers. The state controlled their pay, pensions, employment, and ultimately their lives. I wish people would keep this in mind when they see what Putin is doing with his state-controlled church. Those Christians who wish to follow Christ’s teachings vice Putin’s ukases will be in a position like that which Bonhoeffer.