The Faith of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

This is a fascinating talk about how Dietrich Bonhoeffer developed his personal faith:


Highlights:

• Bonhoeffer came from an amazing family.

• Bonhoeffer's family was the foundation of his faith.

• Bonhoeffer got his Phd. at 21; he split Atoms with Einstein

• Spent a year in New York City during 1930/31, where he was active in a black church; seeing such faithful Christianity in pre-Civil Rights black America caused him to deepen his faith.

• Upon his return to Germany, Bonhoeffer started saying very provocative anti-Nazi stuff.

• The Nazi's infiltrated the German Church with their propaganda.

• Unlike the rest of the German Church, Bonhoeffer knew they had to resist the Nazi's.

• The Nazi's tried to remove the Old Testament from the German Church; Bonhoeffer responded by writing a book about Psalms.

• If you want to remove Jewish influence from Chrisitanity: "Good Luck with that!"

• Bonhoeffer understood that if you have a relationship with God, you don't have to fear death.