Hans Frei (1922-1988) ist als Theologe in Deutschland weitgehend unbekannt, obwohl er in den USA äußerst einflussreich gewesen ist. Hier … Mehr
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Ian Buruma, Das protestantische Ethos und der Geist der Wokeness: „Was die Auserwählten auszeichnet, ist nicht nur ihr Reichtum. Donald Trump und seine milliardenschweren Unterstützer haben weitaus mehr Geld als die Hochschulprofessoren und Museumskuratoren, die sich selbst zu den Aufgeklärten zählen. Es ist auch nicht unbedingt eine Frage der Geburt, auch wenn die Kosten für die Eliteausbildung die Kluft zwischen den Besitzenden und den Habenichtsen vergrößern. Für die heutigen Erben der protestantischen Ethik definiert sich der Status dadurch, dass sie die richtige Meinung zu sozialen und kulturellen Fragen haben.“
Ian Buruma über das protestantische Ethos und den Geist der Wokeness Das ist ein luzider Text von Ian Buruma mit … Mehr
“If I want to be a Christian, I must also wear the colors of the court” – Martin Luther on Martyrdom: „Where the apocalyptic reality of God in Christ is trusted, martyrdom with its bodily passivity can come into its own. Martyrs cannot lose the life won with Jesus’ word on the cross, “It is accomplished” (John 19:30), in their own dying. Their “bodily confession” – far more than just lip service – takes place in the salvation space of Christ’s Passover mystery.“
It is 500 years since the two Augustinian Hermits Hendrik Vos or Voes and Jan van Essen were executed as … Mehr
Warum chinesische Christen „Von guten Mächten“ herzergreifend auf Englisch singen: „By gentle powers lovingly surrounded, / With patience we’ll endure, let come what may. / God is with us at night and in the morning / and certainly on every future day.“
Als am vergangenen Sonntag Theologiestudierende aus Hongkong in unserer Martin-Luther-Kirche in Vöhringen/Iller das Bonhoeffer-Fietz-Lied „Von guten Mächten“ auf Deutsch, Englisch … Mehr
Karl Steinbauer’s leaflet „For if one believes with the heart, he is justified, and if one confesses with the mouth, he is saved. (Romans 10:10)“ written calligraphically on March 21, 1939 in cell 18 of the Neu-Ulm District Court Prison: „A faith which we do not confess is no faith! ‚I believe, therefore I speak!‘ That is a death sentence, that one speaks oneself, if one says: ‚Pastor, I think exactly like you, but one may say nothing.‘ – I know how difficult it often is to open one’s mouth, but let us admonish and encourage one another to open our mouths for our Lord Christ, and let us look to Him alone, to whom all authority is given in heaven and on earth.“
After pastor Karl Steinbauer was imprisoned in the district court prison in Neu-Ulm on January 15, 1939, following a nocturnal … Mehr
Karl Steinbauer’s Confirmation sermon on Ephesians 6:10-20 (1939): „As I write these lines, I am sitting in my cell in prison. – You who later go to the table of the Lord and strengthen yourselves for the battle that is decreed for you, and you are incorporated into the fellowship of the body and blood of Christ, into the fellowship of the King of all kings – that is how I was able to strengthen myself yesterday with my wife in the Holy Supper. In one hour I will leave the prison here and will be taken to the concentration camp in Sachsenhausen. I thank you all, especially you dear confirmands, for your faithfulness, which you have testified to me again, and I know: It was not meant for my person, but for our faithful Savior, who was faithful for us even unto death …“
The confirmation sermon with reference to Ephesians 6:10-17 and Luther’s „Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott“ (Our God is a … Mehr
Julius Schniewind, Joy in the New Testament: „God rejoices in the lost, especially in the lost. This is not a lesson that can be learned, or even taught, but it is the reality of Jesus; he in person is the joy that God has in the lost. He „rejoiced in spirit,“ and glorified the Father in heaven, that he hid such things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them to babes. His whole life, from his birth, is under this sign. The message of joy of the angels says that God is pleased with us people of the lost world, that he rejoices in us as he once rejoiced in his perfect creation.“
Joy in the New Testament By Julius Schniewind We cannot speak of the joy that the New Testament proclaims without … Mehr
Resistance to the Nazi State and Disobedience to Compromising Church Leadership. Life and Legacy of Karl Steinbauer (1906-1988): „On January 8, 1939, Steinbauer preached a sermon on the infanticide of Bethlehem, denouncing Nazi youth education that was hostile to Christianity and the eradication of Christianity announced by party officials. He announced the ban imposed on him to give religious instruction and justified his refusal of the Aryan certificate by stating that according to the National Socialist race law the Lord Christ would be incapable and unfit to preach his own message and would not be allowed to enter a school.“
Resistance to the Nazi State and Disobedience to Compromising Church Leadership. Life and Legacy of Karl Steinbauer (1906-1988) Karl Steinbauer … Mehr
Eugene H. Peterson about Gerhard von Rad and his commentary on Genesis: „On page after page I found confirmation of my first impressions of the commentator: strong, spare, ascetic, mystic. In and behind the sinewy scholarship, I was conscious of urgency and faith. Lives were at stake here. Every sentence counted. Theology was wedded to philology.“
About Gerhard von Rad and His Commentary on Genesis By Eugene H. Peterson I met Gerhard von Rad only once, … Mehr
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