What You'll Learn:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a pastor, theologian, and martyr. As Hitler continued to gain power, Bonhoeffer left the United States for his native Germany in hopes of strengthening the German church being pressured into submitting to Nazism. He paid for his subversion and ties to the resistance network with imprisonment and the gallows. In his short life, he penned several books about what it means to follow Jesus, which have become classics in Christian thought. In Life Together, Bonhoeffer gives insight into what Christian fellowship does and does not entail.
Key Insights:
- Christian community is richest not in moments of rapturous reunion but in the rhythms of daily life together.
- Many believers love their ideal-but-nonexistent community more than their actual community.
- Jesus opens up a new kind of community—one that transcends normal human longing and transforms it into love and service.
- Comparison kills us and our community.
- Your brother in Christ stands before you as Christ himself, extending mercy when you confess your shortcomings.
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