Was Dietrich Bonhoeffer Reformed

Eric metaxas recent highly acclaimed biography presents him as an evangelical martyr of the twentieth century.

Was dietrich bonhoeffer reformed. His narrative has become well known as evidenced by the proliferation of publications by and about this lutheran pastor who was imprisoned and executed by adolf hitler in. As reformed theologian b. Dietrich bonhoeffer has captivated the interest and respect of those within and outside of the church arguably more than any other theologian in the 20th and 21st centuries.

A portrait of dietrich bonhoeffer. Stephen nichols president reformation bible college with a phd from westminster theological seminary in his book bonhoeffer on the christian life states. We can even lay.

Paul had been won over by the lord and for his sake he counted all else but loss phil. Dietrich bonhoeffer s theology seems to appeal to just about everyone. All religiosity was rubbish in the sight of god.

For one thing in speaking about god s suffering instead of christ s bonhoeffer fails to do justice to the doctrine of the trinity by ignoring the difference between father and son. After reading the cost of discipleship i was excited by bonhoeffer but my zeal for him waned after reading letters and papers from prison i discovered later that bonhoeffer s theology was different from my evangelical views. Dietrich bonhoeffer 1906 1945 is increasingly being quoted by evangelical writers and theologians.

Calvin bangun mahasiswa stt reformed injili internasional. 4 february 1906 9 april 1945 was a lutheran pastor theologian anti nazi dissident and key founding member of the confessing church his writings on christianity s role in the secular world have become widely influential and his book the cost of discipleship has been described as a modern classic. The political context dalam john w.

The apostle paul said in one of his letters that his sole motivation in life was to know christ. De gruchy ed the cambridge companion to dietrich bonhoeffer cambridge. Cambridge university press 1999 17.