Suggestion from the Pastor
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
by: Eric Metaxas
Pastor’s Description
Much has been written about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. His works have also been widely circulated for decades. However, this recent biography by Eric Metaxas provides an in-depth view of a Christian leader whose life was changed by current events, thrusting him into a role that he had never envisioned.
Metaxas takes the reader through the early years of Bonhoeffer, providing an excellent background of an idealistic clergyman who witnesses the compromising decline of the church in Germany as it gave allegiance to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi movement. As he saw the result of the silence of many Christians in his country, Bonhoeffer became convinced that Christ must be brought into every area of life, that Christianity must be lived outside of the walls of a church building and that the Church must never succumb to placing the dictates of the world above the Lordship of Christ.
In this book, the reader will receive a glimpse of the difficult ethical dilemmas that can result when people’s love of country competes with their love of God. He’ll read the fascinating account of a person attempting to carry on with life while facing the uncertainty of a turbulent world, and read how the presence of God can give one peace even in the valley of the shadow of death.
I highly recommend Bonhoeffer as a riveting account of courage, as a challenge to the Christian to give her highest allegiance to Christ, and as a record of a saint that walked by faith and not by sight.
Review/Purchase
The women of Grace and Peace are invited to join us for a new book study, starting in January in Pottstown. This book study will take place during the normal bible study time. We will be studying through “Disciplines of a Godly Woman” by Barbara Hughes. Mrs. Hughes is the wife of Pastor Kent Hughes of College Church in Wheaton, IL. In this book, Hughes challenges women to think about spiritual disciplines as the means to a vibrant and growing relationship with God. You are welcome to join us at any time, as often as you can.
Since Grace & Peace has been studying the life of C.S. Lewis during Sunday school, I wanted to recommend a book by that author that would challenge, entertain and teach. The Screwtape Letters is one of Lewis’ better known works. Filled with humor, it is a fictional dialogue between a younger devil and his older mentor, dealing with the former’s struggles to tempt his human subject away from following the Lord.
