“During the time of the Third Reich church attendance was being frowned upon by the National Socialist regime, and thus became a political act.” – Footnote 19 on page 210 of Discipleship(Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Vol 4) Reading Bonhoeffer sends chills up my spine! While trying to discipline myself to finish a book for a change…
Day: June 27, 2007
I thought that I could do it on my own
“When I first became a Christian, about fourteen years ago, I thought that I could do it on my own, by retiring to my rooms and reading theology, and wouldn’t go to the churches and Gospel Halls; I disliked very much their hymns which I considered to be fifth-rate poems set to sixth-rate music….