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Knowing what was to come made this a challenging read. It was interesting to learn more about Dietrich Bonhoeffer‘s family, beliefs and theological writings. Reading the horrors of the Third Reich never gets easier. It was enlightening to learn about the resistance and disheartening to realize that their plots failed so the regime did not fall sooner. Bonhoeffer‘s impact on Christian theology and a believer‘s place in the world is undeniable. 4⭐️s

“We will have to move through a very deep valley, I believe much deeper than we can sense now, before we are able to ascend the other side again. The main thing is that we let ourselves be led entirely and not resist and become impatient. Then it will all go right.” page 374

This was a very long book. I say it‘s a pick due to all the information that‘s in it. The book is repetitive at times-sometimes verbatim. Also, Metaxas seemed to tell a lot about other people and had a lot of educated guesses as to what Bonhoeffer might have thought. I‘m glad I listened to it, but I am more glad that it is done.

Bonhoeffer was someone I had heard about, but never realized how much he did, or attempted to do. I am excited to learn about this man.

So excited for what I found for a dollar at my local thrift shop today!!!
#WorldWarII #ChristianMartyr #WarSpy #DietrichBonhoeffer

An absolutely inspiring yet heart wrenching account of one of the world‘s greatest theologians. I can‘t wait to dig more into his writings.

Inspiring testament to the theologian‘s life and legacy. I listened to it while on a road trip, and I think I would have had some suggestions to edit for relevance/pithiness if I were reading, but the subject matter is interesting enough that the underdeveloped tangents weren‘t frustrating.

There's a great story here I'm sure but this one seems to be aimed at the student of religious doctrine rather than the general reader.

Amazing biography. Where is America's Bonhoeffer right now?

I have so many non-fiction books that I love but I decided to use this one for this post! I read this last year and it was really inspiring how from the beginning Bonhoeffer never compromised with the Nazis, how ardently he believed his faith meant it was his responsibility to fight for the oppressed. I'm reading it again to motivate me to action and courage in all aspects in my life. #nonfictionlove #17booklove

When the book you're reading collides with real life 🙄😃😍

I try very hard to keep politics out of my posts here, and that is in part because I've not been reading anything political recently. I have however been watching the news, and I'm absolutely heartbroken over all of it...literally ALL OF IT. What's my point? I don't really have one....read up on Bonhoeffer though. #resist

I tend to think I stumble across certain parts in books at JUST the right moment in time for me. Does that ever happen to any of you? Anyways, read this and realized that tomorrow is inauguration day.😔

I read Mein Kampf several years ago after I watched a history channel special about him. Maybe Rise and fall of third Reich? IDK... anyways. They were doing a national celebration of his birthday and women were screaming and fainting like the Beatles had come to America for the first time. I couldn't believe it! So I felt like I needed to understand WHY they were acting like that... so I bought MK...and wow he wrote it in the 1920's

#overthis @lemonlime799 #currentlyreading I don't know how anyone can look at Trump and not see the similarities with Hitler. It's a scary time we're living in.

How do we know that dying is so dreadful? Who knows whether, in our human fear and anguish we are only shivering and shuddering at the most glorious, heavenly, blessed event in the world? Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so marvelous, that we can transform death.

Thought I should read this since I once acted in a play about his life. It's particularly interesting in light of many stories of WW2 resistance I've read lately.

I wish the author would have been able to put Bornhoeffer's life and acts into the context of the time w/o veering off constantly and excessively into a separate book about Nazi Germany in general.
I gave up a little more than half way through.