![]() ![]() Many Christians, he claims, walk a lonely road whether on the mission field, in prison, under persecution, or in the isolation of infirmity and age: “Let thank God on his knees and declare: It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren.”īonhoeffer, like Luther, also takes a strong stand against isolated monastic life removed from the cares and concerns of the world: “So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes.” Bonhoeffer also emphasizes that Christ is at the center of Christian fellowship. I’ve been challenged and inspired and convicted by what Bonhoeffer says.īonhoeffer begins the chapter on Community by noting the amazing blessing of being able to gather with other believers. ![]() Life Together contains five chapters: Community, The Day with Others, The Day Alone, Ministry, Confession and Communion. The influence of Martin Luther weighs heavily throughout the whole book, and those not familiar with the Lutheran tradition (including myself) will likely be struck by some of the themes and ideas Bonhoeffer presents of a strongly Lutheran character. He describes what life in a Christian community ought to be. ![]() ![]() Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote this book while spending several years running an “illegal” seminary in Germany (~1935-1938). ![]()
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