Charles Craig Lantz

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) Charles Craig Lantz

Dietrich Bonhoeffer is perhaps one of the greatest 20th century theologians of his time. As a pastor of the Confessing Church, Bonhoeffer fought hard for the redemption of an oppressed people, the Jews of Nazi Germany, and sought to bring spiritual revolution to the lives of his friends and colleagues in Nazi Germany during the horrific reign of Adolf Hitler. This 2nd edition is a revised adaption of the author's PhD thesis on The Life and theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945). This study of Bonhoeffer will seek to examine his life and theology in light of his theological understanding of faith and grace that shaped his thinking and influenced him to become involved in a political conspiracy to abolish Hitler. Bonhoeffer sought social, spiritual, political freedom in Jesus Christ, he preached, wrote, and proclaimed the uncompromising message of discipleship and costly grace. His life and death remain as an abiding legacy to the Christian faith. "Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession... Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate." ? Dietrich Bonhoeffer "When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die." ? Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship "We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself." ? Dietrich Bonhoeffer