Comments on: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Perspective on the sins of the church http://philliphigley.com/2009/05/18/dietrich-bonhoeffers-perspective-on-the-sins-of-the-church/ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:09:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Phil http://philliphigley.com/2009/05/18/dietrich-bonhoeffers-perspective-on-the-sins-of-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-667 Phil Mon, 18 May 2009 23:47:25 +0000 http://philliphigley.com/?p=1216#comment-667 Yes, this passage was convicting, to say the least. Consider also that its substance is even weightier, it seems to me, because of the German church's signing onto Hitler's stratagem. This obviously upset Barth a great deal too. When the German church should have been declaring nein! to the fuhrer, that "great despiser of all humanity" (Bonhoeffer's catch phrase for Hitler), it was instead saluting him. Thankfully, however, we have the witness of Barth and Bonhoeffer to the truth that Christ is the real fuhrer. Nothing else will do, because nothing else is the truth. Yes, this passage was convicting, to say the least. Consider also that its substance is even weightier, it seems to me, because of the German church’s signing onto Hitler’s stratagem. This obviously upset Barth a great deal too.

When the German church should have been declaring nein! to the fuhrer, that “great despiser of all humanity” (Bonhoeffer’s catch phrase for Hitler), it was instead saluting him. Thankfully, however, we have the witness of Barth and Bonhoeffer to the truth that Christ is the real fuhrer. Nothing else will do, because nothing else is the truth.

]]> By: Geoff http://philliphigley.com/2009/05/18/dietrich-bonhoeffers-perspective-on-the-sins-of-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-666 Geoff Mon, 18 May 2009 17:46:57 +0000 http://philliphigley.com/?p=1216#comment-666 wow... convicting. wow… convicting.

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