I'm working through Bonhoeffer's Nachfolge (Discipleship) as an attempt to improve the utility of my German... feel free to read along and, if you see fit, correct the many many errors that are undoubtedly present in my translation. (DBW 4, 29; DBWE 4, 43) Billige Gnade ist der Todfeind unserer Kirche. Unser Kampf heute geht um …
Will the Real Lord Please Stand Up? A Short Meditation on Psalm 2
Psalm 2 God’s Promise to His Anointed 1 Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and his anointed, saying, 3 “Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast their cords from us.” 4 He who sits in the …
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God and Human Lowliness
This is going to be a really short blog post, mainly because Bonhoeffer's words in his 1933 Advent sermon on Luke 1:46-55 need relatively little explanation. If you ever get a chance to read the entire sermon (DBWE 13, 342-347), please do it. That sermon alone is worth the price of the book. God is …
The Tale of Two People: A Short Meditation on Psalm 1:1-6
Psalm 1 1 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; 2 but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. 3 They are like trees planted by streams of …
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