Dietrich Bonhoeffer Sermon On Marriage

Wherefore receive ye one another even as christ also received you to the glory of god in a word live together in the forgiveness of your sins for without it no human fellowship least of all a marriage can survive.

Dietrich bonhoeffer sermon on marriage. Marriage is more than your love for each other. Bonhoeffer was executed in the flossenburg concentration camp on april 9 1945 two weeks before the allied armies reached the camp. A wedding sermon from a prison cell part 1 it is right and proper for a bride and bridegroom to welcome and celebrate their wedding day with a unique sense of triumph.

3 18 19 god has laid on marriage a blessing and a burden that of children god gives you christ as the foundation of your marriage. Sermons and meditations address on jeremiah 27 28 dbwe vol. Fortress press 2014 154 158.

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. A wedding sermon by dietrich bonhoeffer. The sermon below is taken from the collected sermons of dietrich bonhoeffer edited and introduced by isabel best.

Berlin second sunday after epiphany january 15 1933. The below sermon is one written by dietrich bonhoeffer to his niece and her then fiance while he was imprisoned during world war ii. God is guiding your marriage god makes your marriage indissoluble god establishes a rule of life by which you can live together in wedlock col.

Dietrich bonhoeffer indexes and supplementary materials ed. It has a higher dignity and power for it is god s holy ordinance through which he wills to perpetuate the human race till the end of time. Dietrich bonhoeffer february 4 1906 april 9 1945 was a german lutheran pastor and theologian.

Barnett et al vol. God intends you to found your marriage on christ. In january 1933 shortly before hitler came to power bonhoeffer preached this sermon at a vespers service on the evening of the second sunday after epiphany.