"I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great great wall on our southern border and I’ll have Mexico pay for that wall." “I noticed all that beautiful barbed wire going up today. Barbed wire used properly can …
Bonhoeffer on Trump: A Postmortem Interview (Part 4 of 4)
Barney: Welcome back, everyone, to the final segment of our conversation with the venerable theologian, pastor, and martyr: Dietrich Bonhoeffer. For context, I recommend that our readers go back and peruse the first three interviews. And thank you, Mr. Bonhoeffer, for making this postmortem appearance to share your wisdom with us about living in a …
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Bonhoeffer on Trump: A Postmortem Interview (Part 3 of 4)
Barney: Welcome back to the show, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Author, pastor, activist, and martyr. Bonhoeffer: Thank you. Glad to be here. Barney: We left our discussion last week comparing your historical context with our hysterical one––hysterical, not in the sense of humorous, but as in bizarre, even manic. Everyday we 21st Century Americans wake up to …
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Share Christ, NOT Christianity
Jesus didn’t come here to start a new religion called “Christianity,” so our testimony is about him and not our religion. Christianity is a construct; the way we organize, categorize, and theologize. But at the end of the day it’s Jesus who saves, and our witness of him so much more compelling than any construct. …
Our Part / God’s Part
Salvation is work cut out only for the divine. It’s a miracle. Just as the supernatural surrounds every salvation, miracles brimmed over in Rahab’s rescue. For instance, walls crumbling at the behest of shouts and trumpets? Not bad in the miracle department I’d say. Was it their perfectly articulated shouts or the trumpeters’ unique tone …
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