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New Bio of Executed WWII Pastor/Spy Reveals U.S. Influence (Bonhoeffer)
Fox News ^ | 4/9/2010 | Lauren Green

Posted on 04/10/2010 7:27:10 AM PDT by AngieGal

On April 9, 1945, 65 years ago today, just a few weeks before an allied offensive brought Germany to its knees and ended World War II in Europe, a young, mild-mannered Lutheran theologian was hanged by the Nazis in Flossenburg Concentration Camp.

His crime ... conspiring to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theological genius of the 20th century, is now emerging as a war hero, martyr and spy.

"What is so amazing about the story of Bonhoeffer is that he puts a completely different spin for us as Americans on World War II," says Eric Metaxas, author of "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy" (Thomas Nelson, 2010), the first biography in 40 years of this influential Christian. The book is being released on Friday, the anniversary of Bonhoeffer's execution.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1945; 194505; 19450509; assassinationplot; bonhoeffer; bookreview; dietrichbonhoeffer; espionage; heroes; nazi; pastor; wwii
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To: SoConPubbie
That doesn't mean it is correct. I am not a Calvinist either. I fault Calvinism for a lot of problems in Christianity, most notably that many Calvinists deny that there is such a thing as the New Covenant, so they subordinate Jesus and Calvary below Moses and Sinai. To be honest, Finney's rage against justification by faith was a result of being taught by Calvinists that the Christian is both justified by faith, and under the Old Covenant Law. He rightly saw this as a contradiction, but his faulty solution was to do away with the Cross in favor of Sinai.

On the other hand, there are Calvinists like John G. Reisinger who have a much better understanding of the New Covenant.

BTW, the problem isn't that churches teach justification by faith. The problem is that they teach against justification by faith. Paul himself says we are "justified by faith" (Rom. 5:1).

21 posted on 04/10/2010 9:00:44 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo (Mitt Romney: He's from Harvard, and he's here to help.)
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To: SoConPubbie

What you’re describing is the first great awakening, not the second.


22 posted on 04/10/2010 9:02:31 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo (Mitt Romney: He's from Harvard, and he's here to help.)
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To: AngieGal
"When Christ calls a man, he bids him to come and die.". Dietrich Bonhoffer
23 posted on 04/10/2010 9:03:24 AM PDT by Timmy
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To: AngieGal

....”On April 9, 1945, Bonhoeffer was hanged. Three weeks later, Hitler committed suicide.

On May 1, German forces in Italy surrendered. The next day, German forces in Berlin surrendered. On May 7, 1945, the unconditional surrender of all German forces was signed. The war in Europe was over.”.......

“....What was left in its wake was the murder of 6 million Jews and a legacy that has tarnished the Christian faith in Europe........”

To the author:

WTF IS THIS?...Check out Omaha Beach you dumb ass.


24 posted on 04/10/2010 9:14:56 AM PDT by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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To: TET1968

If one began critiqueing this bone headed fluff piece, you would need to start at the title, LOL.
At least a God worthy man gets some press.


25 posted on 04/10/2010 9:31:21 AM PDT by nkycincinnatikid
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To: TET1968
WTF IS THIS?...Check out Omaha Beach you dumb ass.

What do any of your selected quotes have to do with Omaha Beach?

26 posted on 04/10/2010 9:38:27 AM PDT by cayuga (0bama acts like a ruler. Charles I (1649), Louis XVI (1793) and Maximilian I (1867) were rulers.)
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To: Thane_Banquo
What you’re describing is the first great awakening, not the second.

I hate to be a stickler for details, but re-read the quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer that you posted, he made a declarative statement that included the phrase "have never been able ". Unless I am missing something, there is no distinction between the first and second great awakening.
27 posted on 04/10/2010 10:21:21 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: TET1968; AngieGal
“....What was left in its wake was the murder of 6 million Jews and a legacy that has tarnished the Christian faith in Europe........”

More Marxist agitprop.

They don't actually believe this stuff, because they know it's not true, however, they hope to dupe as many people as possible, setting up the false dichotomy that Hitler belongs as an example of Extreme Right-Wing views, thereby establishing a deceitful form of relativism between right and left political views concerning the evil of both.
28 posted on 04/10/2010 10:25:06 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: TET1968
WTF IS THIS?...Check out Omaha Beach you dumb ass.

Hey TET.

I'm asking you again: What do your quotes have to do with Omaha Beach?

They must mean something to you since you called the author a dumb ass over them.

Please explain the connection.

29 posted on 04/10/2010 2:44:47 PM PDT by cayuga (0bama acts like a ruler. Charles I (1649), Louis XVI (1793) and Maximilian I (1867) were rulers.)
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To: cayuga

Something to do with the legions of white crosses over looking it.


30 posted on 04/10/2010 6:51:02 PM PDT by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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To: Oratam

Here’s a book by one of my former professors (Mark Devine) on Bonhoeffer:

http://www.amazon.com/Bonhoeffer-Speaks-Today-Following-Jesus/dp/0805432612


31 posted on 04/10/2010 7:25:17 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
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