Bonhoeffer’s Death and a Different Kind of Heroism
This is the end, but for me the beginning. These were the last words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as he faced his death sixty-six years ago today. As a young […]
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Why Religionless Christianity?
I hesitate to use the phrase “religionless Christianity” for a few reasons. For one, I want to be clear that we, as believers, have an obligation and an absolute need […]
Barth, Niemoller, Fear and Freedom
I have been rereading Eric Metaxas’ recent biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Prophet, Martyr, Spy Thomas Nelson, 2010) and I came across two haunting quotes from major influences upon […]
Are You Bad Enough to be Loved?
Once in a while God does something that makes little to no sense to me. Like the time he made the sun stand up for a couple days back in […]
Is God for Me?
There can be no better news than the message of the gospel- God is for you. Without these simple words we are alone in this world at best. At worst, […]
How Ricky Gervais Preached the Gospel to Me
Well, dear reader, the weekend has dawned upon us and as you out there in the world-wide-web treated me by more than doubling the traffic on this site, I figured […]
