Martin Niemoller’s Easter Sermon 1945 delivered in Dachau Concentration Camp: „The spring outside and everything that is still beautiful and alive in this world of death becomes for us, who know the Risen One, an allegory indicating that our Lord is alive and that because of him we have a glad and living hope.“

Sermon on John 20:11-18 The following sermon was preached on Easter Monday, April 2nd, 1945 by Martin Niemoller, while he … Mehr

Eduard Thurneysen: „Jesus Is Victor!“ An Easter Sermon on Ephesisans 2:1-2.4-6

And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, wherein ye once walked according … Mehr

Martin Niemoeller’s sermon on Christmas Eve 1944 delivered in Dachau Concentration Camp: „No no man is so forsaken and homeless in this world that God does not seek him, in the midst of our human distress“

The following sermon was preached on December 24th, 1944 by Martin Niemöller while he was imprisoned in Dachau Concentration Camp. … Mehr

Abraham Joshua Heschel – God in Search of Man: „The Bible is the perpetual motion of the spirit, an ocean of meaning, its waves beating against man’s abrupt and steep shortcomings, its echo reaching into the blind alleys of his wrestling with despair“

In his Book God in Search of Man. A Philosophy of Judaism (1955), Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) lauds the Bible … Mehr

„The Famous German Pastor Who Defied Adolf Hitler“ – Martin Niemöller in der angloamerikanischen Wahrnehmung und der erfundene Mithäftling „Leo Stein“

Das war der Londoner THE TIMES am 6. Februar 1941 auf Seite 3 eine Schlagzeile mit nachfolgendem Bericht wert: PASTOR … Mehr

Tränenglaube, Tränengabe und Tränengebet

„Warum weinst du und warum isst du nichts? Und warum ist dein Herz so traurig?“ fragt Elkana besorgt und zugleich … Mehr

„GIVE Thy Blessing, O Father, to the people of that great and fair land, with whose rulers we are at war“ – A British Prayer for Germany during World War I

This prayer for Germany, attributed to Ms Lucy Gardner, was commended by The Right Reverend Charles Gore CR, Bishop of … Mehr

Martin Niemöller about the German Guilt 1946: „There are many excuses which people can find, but they all follow the strain: „Am I my brother’s keeper?“ You should have seen that self-satisfied clergy at Treysa!“

About the Question of Guilt By Martin Niemoller You are concerned with the question of guilt and about this I … Mehr

„Die Heilige Dreifaltigkeit“ (Holy Trinity) von Fr A.J. Thamburaj S.J. in einer Ausdeutung von John Gnanabaranam

Zum Batik-Gemälde „Heilige Dreifaltigkeit“ des tamilischen Künstlers und katholischen Priesters Fr A. J. Thamburaj S.J. schrieb Johnson Gnanabaranam (1933-2008), vormaliger … Mehr