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To: george76
I wrote this piece on Bonhoeffer after reading Metaxas excellent book:

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Faith and Redemption in the Garden of Evil Part 1 (Benicia Herald)

He was a very interesting man. He participated in one of the plots to kill Hitler and reconciled with the Lord for the justification in doing so. The man was very heroic. The linked piece gives a summary of the man’s life

2 posted on 01/03/2023 9:17:29 PM PST by Michael.SF. ( The problem today: people are more concerned about feelings than responsibility)
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To: Michael.SF.

Eric is quite the dude as well. He poked fun at obama at a prayer breakfast many years ago.


3 posted on 01/03/2023 9:23:20 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: Michael.SF.; SunkenCiv

SunkenCiv has a Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Eric Metaxas list.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4114186/posts


4 posted on 01/03/2023 9:27:25 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Michael.SF.

“If I see that a madman is driving a car into a group of innocent bystanders, then I can’t as Christian simply wait, comfort the wounded and bury the dead. I must try to wrest the steering wheel out of the hands of the madman.”

—Bonhoffer


5 posted on 01/03/2023 9:29:26 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Michael.SF.

The film BONHOEFFER: AGENT OF GRACE failed to present Bonhoeffer as a Biblical strict constructionist and one who despised liberal theology. Likewise, the film I saw about Sophie Scholl downplayed her Christian faith. Filmmakers like to present these Christians as cool and trendy instead of who they really were.


11 posted on 01/03/2023 11:31:31 PM PST by Monterrosa-24 (To the barricades !!!)
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To: Michael.SF.

Thank you for sharing this... Will be off reading it today.


17 posted on 01/04/2023 5:12:30 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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