Thursday is for Discipleship “Luther’s return from the cloister was the worst blow the world had suffered since the days of early Christianity. The renunciation he made when he became a monk was child’s play compared with that which he had to make when he returned to the world. Now came the frontal assault. The … More Bonhoeffer on The Only Way to Follow Jesus
Bonhoeffer reflected on the surprising discovery of Martin Luther in the cloister. Martin went into the cloister to appease God, to find God, to keep a promise to God for saving his life in a thunder storm. He hoped to find God in the cloister’s separation from the world. Ironically, when God opened Luther’s eyes … More The Voice of Bonhoeffer
“And if we answer the call to discipleship, where will it lead us? What decisions and partings will it demand? To answer this question we shall have to go to him, for only he knows the answer. Only Jesus Christ, who bids us to follow him, knows the journey’s end. But we do know that … More Where Does Discipleship Lead Us?
Sunday Musings “The real trouble is that the pure Word of Jesus has been overlaid with so much human ballast–burdensome rules and regulations, false hopes and consolations–that it has become extremely difficult to make a genuine decision for Christ.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, (p. 35) Praying that the Word that was preached all … More The Burdensome Ballast of Human Rules on the Gospel
Thursday is for Discipleship Many have lists of legalistic rules that must be kept to be considered Christians. “Don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t watch movies and the like—-ridiculous, idiotic, Christ-insulating barriers to proclaiming the good news of Jesus—-add-ons to the real call to discipleship and intimacy and value that Jesus said we must have. But … More “You won’t believe the freedom you find from the things you leave behind”
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