Posts made in July, 2018

4 Questions for Your Attention

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4 Questions for Your Attention

  4 Questions for Your Attention   So much information, so little time. We’re saturated with information today. How do we take it all in? What do we do with it? On the heels of our nation’s birthday, how does all this information affect what kind of citizens we will be? As believers, just what should be our attitude toward knowledge?   Attention, Knowledge, and Citizenship Megan Garber of The Atlantic quotes Tim Wu, a law professor at Columbia Law School and the author of...

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Unity in a Divisive Age: A Life Hidden in Christ

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Unity in a Divisive Age: A Life Hidden in Christ

  The Unity of A Life Hidden in Christ   In an era that requires living life out loud and online for all to see, how can we be hidden in Christ? Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together speaks across the ages into our divided present, advocating the believer’s             Oneness with Christ             Unity with Fellow Believers             Unity of the Life Hidden in Christ. In this, the last of my posts on Bonhoeffer’s thoughts on unity, we’ll consider what it means to have the unity...

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Unity in a Divisive Age: Unity with Fellow Believers

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Unity in a Divisive Age:  Unity with Fellow Believers

Unity in a Divisive Age:  Unity with Fellow Believers   In this divisive age, even Christians find themselves at odds with each other. Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s words in Life Together encourage and challenge believers to consider their unity in spite of differences. In Part 1 of this series, we considered the believer’s oneness with Christ. Today we’ll be challenged by Bonhoeffer’s thoughts on unity with fellow believers. John W. Doberstein calls Bonhoeffer one who: is close to contemporary...

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