Several guys are meeting together on Monday mornings listening to Eric Metaxas's book Seven Men and the Secret of Their Success, and then discussing it.
The last two sessions have been on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We haven't so much talked about the German Theologian/pastor, as we have discussed the world in which he lived--the time during and between the World Wars in Germany--what it meant to live for Christ then and there, and what we can learn from that.
Some of our thoughts are convicting. For instance, just as the underlying antisemitism of Bonhoeffer's day allowed the Nazi propaganda to take root in his world, there are widespread prejudices in our world that can lead to further harm.
Am I part of the problem or am I, by the words I speak and the life I live, pointing to a solution?
Bonhoeffer came to believe, in particular after his time at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, that what one believes must lead to real-life action, and that one's worship is inadequate unless it is matched by appropriate life-change. It was great to listen to a truck driver, a cop, an insurance adjuster, a small business owner, a missionary in training, an engineer, and a couple of preachers ask themselves and one another, "What are the issues that face us in our world and time?" and, "What do we do about them?"
Many of us were in good churches yesterday. We heard truth from God's word proclaimed. This morning I heard a preacher who died before I was born ask, "Now, what are you going to do about it?
Lead on, guys!
It's STTA.
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