Category: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Film That Turned Dietrich Bonhoeffer Toward Pacifism—and Away From Nationalism

Commentary In 1936, the University of Berlin revoked the teaching certificate of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the young Christian theologian who would eventually be hanged by the Nazis for joining a secret resistance movement against Adolf Hitler. The move came after Bonhoeffer was denounced as a “pacifist and enemy of the state” by Theodor Heckel, a leader…


Book Review: ‘Letter to the American Church’: Do Not Submit to Evil

In his best-selling book “Letter to the American Church,” author and radio talk show host Eric Metaxas demonstrates “tough love” to his Christian brethren. Like the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Colossians circa 60 A.D., Metaxas’s passionate exhortation in his 139-page book is a megaphone warning to America’s churches to remember their mission to acknowledge…