Gavin, Author at Truth Unites

Bonhoeffer (7): Repentance Protects Grace

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: “The Gospel is protected by the preaching of repentance which calls sin sin and declares the sinner guilty. The key to loose is protected by the key to bind. The preaching of grace...

March 17, 2011No Comments

Bonhoeffer (6): Metaxas’ writing

Metaxas’ literary giftedness was one of the things that made this book such a great read. He is creative and original without being bombastic; he finds the right balance of writing “freely” but not self-consciously...

March 12, 2011No Comments

Bonhoeffer (5): Who am I?

This is Bonhoeffer’s poem “Who am I?,” written in prison at the end of his life. Who am I? They often tell me I stepped from my cell’s confinement Calmly, cheerfully, firmly, Like a squire...

March 11, 2011No Comments

Bonhoeffer (4): “Religionless Christianity”

The concept “religionless Christianity” has become closely associated with the name of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. On pp. 465-468, Metaxas shows how many have hijacked this phrase to make Bonhoeffer a prophet of their own movement or...

March 10, 2011No Comments

Bonhoeffer (3): Fighting

I finished Metaxas’ Bonhoeffer biography a few days ago. One of the things that will stay will me is how adamant Bonhoeffer was that the church stand up for Jews in Germany in the 30’s. ...

March 4, 2011No Comments

Bonhoeffer (2): Only in Extremity

Had some long flights this weekend, which enabled me to plow through most of the rest of Eric Metaxas’ Bonhoeffer biography. Such a great book. God is changing my life through this book. By seeing...

February 27, 20111 Comment

Bonhoeffer (1): On the Bible

My current reading project for the spring is Eric Metaxas’ biography of Dietreich Bonhoeffer. Eric came and spoke at our church a few weeks ago. He’s a great speaker (very funny), and a talented writer,...

February 19, 20111 Comment

Worship: what you were made for

We just finished a series on worship among the youth called “worship: what you were made for.” We talked about having both joy and reverence in worship, how worship is all of life, how to...

February 11, 2011No Comments

Gregory of Nyssa and Intellectual Humility

I’ve been trying to branch out and read more theological journals, so this morning for my day off I read an interesting article by Stephen Pardue called “Intellectual Humility in Gregory of Nyssa’s CH II”...

February 3, 2011No Comments

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