Bonhoeffer

Be a church in the real world

Mary Harrington has written an interesting piece about the fusion of Thatcherism and Blairism that led to a war on reality (you can read the

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Further thoughts on Bonhoeffer and resisting the authorities (Guest Post)

Following my post regarding Bonhoeffer, Cromwell and modern-day Iran, I received some helpful messages on the question of resisting the authorities. One response I received

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Is it ever right to resist authorities? Thoughts on Bonhoeffer, Cromwell and Modern day Iran

We had a monthly men’s breakfast on Saturday. We have a Bible study preceded by a cup of tea and some bacon rolls (we feel

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Loving your vision of church more than the church itself will ultimately destroy it

Dietrich Bonhoeffer put it rightly when he spoke about one’s wish-dreams for the church: Every human wish-dream that is injected into the Christian community is

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