Here is Bonhoeffer’s beautiful summary of costly grace. Previously: Vorvort (Foreword): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Inhaltverzeichnis (Table of contents) 10 1. Die Teure Gnade (1. Costly Grace) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 [After …
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“Nachfolge” im Lockdown (Tag 32)
Ist ein Ende des Lockdown nicht in Sicht? Vielleicht. Aber es gibt ein Ende von Bonhoeffers Kapitel über die teure Gnade. There may not be an end to lockdown in sight, but at least there is an end to Bonhoeffer’s chapter on costly grace this week. Previously: Vorvort (Foreword): 1 2 3 4 5 6 …
“Nachfolge” im Lockdown (Tag 30)
After reflecting on how “cheap grace” came about from a misunderstanding of the Protestant doctrine of “grace alone saves us”, Bonhoeffer now laments over the carnage that “cheap grace” instead of costly discipleship has wrought upon the evangelical church. May we heed his warnings even today. Previously: Vorvort (Foreword): 1 2 3 4 5 6 …
Welcome back, October
After a month off social media, Facebook decided the 3 most important things for me to see was 1) a brewing argument about vaccine passports; 2) some other argument about NZ sports and MIQ; 3) a friend’s live commentary of what their kid said after watching TV. Glad I haven’t missed too much! Bible I’ve …
“Nachfolge” im Lockdown (Tag 29)
Bonhoeffer continues to parse the difference between “sin boldly” as a principle, versus “sin boldly” as comfort in the challenge of true, costly discipleship. Previously: Vorvort (Foreword): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Inhaltverzeichnis (Table of contents) 10 1. Die Teure Gnade (1. Costly Grace) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 …