Bonhoeffer Sermon On Marriage

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Bonhoeffer sermon on marriage. 17 dietrich bonhoeffer works minneapolis mn. Sermons and meditations address on jeremiah 27 28 dbwe vol. As i searched for more information on bonhoeffer i came across this sermon which he wrote in 1943 for his niece and her then fiancé.

He underscored what he said to maria about marriage being a thing of this earth by emphasizing the factor of the couple s own happiness in the decision to marry and god s agreement with their happiness. Marriage is more than your love for each other. God intends you to found your marriage on christ.

Dietrich bonhoeffer february 4 1906 april 9 1945 was a german lutheran pastor and theologian. Bonhoeffer was already in a prison camp at the time. Bonhoeffer had planned to preach their wedding sermon but instead wrote them a sermon from behind bars.

Barnett et al vol. In this day and age where the sacredness of marriage has deteriorated and taken lightly would like to highlight what dietrich bonhoeffer wrote from his nazi prison cell for his niece s wedding. I hope that you will find this sermon as full of wisdom as i did.

Dietrich bonhoeffer indexes and supplementary materials ed. The below sermon is one written by dietrich bonhoeffer to his niece and her then fiance while he was imprisoned during world war ii. Just as it is the crown and not merely the will to rule that makes the king so it is marriage and not merely your love for each other that joins you together in the sight of god and man dietrich bonhoeffer letters and papers from prison.

It s a longer read but i was stricken by how succinctly and eloquently he articulates complex grand and sometimes culturally sensitive topics surrounding marriage. Even within the church our marriages and families are crumbling at an alarming rate. Bonhoeffer was executed in the flossenburg concentration camp on april 9 1945 two weeks before the allied armies reached the camp.