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Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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As a person living in Christian community, I find Bonhoeffer's advice to keep God's view of community in mind rather than one's own "wish dream" to be very helpful. "The serious Christian, set down for the first time in a Christian community, is likely to bring with him a very definite idea of what Christian life together should be and to try to realize it. But God's grace speedily shatters such dreams. Just as surely as God desires to lead us to a knowledge of genuine Christian fellowship, so surely must we be overwhelmed by a great disillusionment with others, with Christians in general, and, if we are fortunate, with ourselves." pp. 26-27

Bonhoeffer goes on to give much helpful advice, particularly for servant leadership and healthy confession of sins one to another. ( )
  Steve777 | Dec 28, 2008 |
Account of a unique fellowship in an underground seminary during the Nazi years in Germany.
  gnbclibrary | Jul 13, 2008 |
from back cover: "Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the now famous theologian who was martyred by the Nazis in 1945, wrote Life Together on the eve of World War II. It resulted from his experience as head of a seminary of the German 'Confessing Church' at Finkenwalde near Stettin. Here many of the pastors who witnessed against Hitler received their inspiration. It was, as Professor John D. Godsey points out in his study of The Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 'a kind of theological education that was startlingly new in Germany: a communal life in which Jesus Christ's call to discipleship was taken seriously.' Professor Godsey calls Life Together 'simply written, powerfully convincing and unusually quotable. . . . It is an attempt to give practical guidance to those who want to take their lives as Christians seriously.'"
1 vote | WARM | Feb 21, 2008 |
It is some time since reading this - I lent my copy and haven't seen it for a while. It is a densely written and quite fervent exploration of communal christian living with a strong orthodox tone adapted to unorthodox times. I was surprised to see the passage on individual confession and impressed by its overall intensity. A kind of Imitation of Christ for the modern world - however I believe Bonhoeffer himself would move away from this degree of formal religiosity as his thought developed. ( )
  newmo | Sep 22, 2007 |
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After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness in the hearts of Christians around the world. His Letters and Papers from Prison became a prized testimony to Christian faith and courage, read by thousands. Now in Life Together we have Pastor Bonhoeffer's experience of Christian community. This story of a unique fellowship in an underground seminary during the Nazi years reads like one of Paul's letters. It gives practical advice on how life together in Christ can be sustained in families and groups. The role of personal prayer, worship in common, everyday work, and Christian service is treated in simple, almost biblical, words. Life Together is bread for all who are hungry for the real life of Christian fellowship.

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