Written on the basis of Bonhoeffer's experience as head of the German 'confessing church' seminary in Finkenwalde.
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By Scamp Lumm
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Satan is the accuser, the Bible says. But Christ, with the Spirit, intercedes for us, as the Apostle Paul says in Romans 8:26 "with sighs too deep for words".
A beautiful book, my copy freely given me by a Lutheran pastor who shared my love for Bonhoeffer. I wanted to lead a Bible study, he said if he ever led one he would use this book!
I first heard of Bonhoeffer from someone at my church. I discovered Bonhoeffer for myself when I watched the documentary Hanged on a Twisted Cross, the life and times of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, which I highly, highly recommend.
The parts of the book which spoke to me most were the sections in chapter 1 entitled through and in Jesus Christ and in chapter 3, the section on intercession. Here are some excerpts I love:
"A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses. I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me. His face, that hitherto may have been strange and intolerable to me, is transformed in intercession into the countenance of a brother for whom Christ died, the face of a forgiven sinner......Intercession means no more than to bring our brother into the presence of God, to see him under the cross of Jesus as a poor human being and sinner in need of grace....His need and his sin become so heavy and oppressive that we feel them as our own, and we can do nothing else but pray: Lord, do Thou, Thou alone, deal with him according to Thy severity and Thy goodness."
I do believe Bonhoeffer has " the mind of Christ" on that one.
Beautiful, beautiful book.
P.S. I challenge you to examine and compare the lives of Noah, Daniel, and Job to find out what was so pleasing to God about them.
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By ken
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A man who had a servants heart, you may not agree with all he writes, however no one will be untouched by the wonderful love of god poured into the words by the disciple that was Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
By Geoff Court
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This is a fantastic book and a must read for any one working in a Church context. You may not agre with everything he says but it will make you think!
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By Leon Solent
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This is a poor translation for an edition reprinted in 2010. The language is much more gender-exclusive than the original German would require. This makes it more difficult than it need be for a 21st Century readership. This edition also lacks the preface which Bonhoeffer wrote nor does it have Bethge's Afternote.
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