Last night I was reading Eric Metaxas' celebrated biography on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and I came across this summation of Bonhoeffer's theology in the words of Metaxas. I thought it was great:
"The essence of Christianity is
not about religion at all, but about the person of Christ... Religion was a dead, man-made thing,
and at the heart of Christianity was something else entirely—God himself.
[Bonhoeffer] aggressively attacked the idea
of “religion” and moral performance as the very enemies of Christianity and of
Christ because they present the false idea that somehow we can reach God
through our moral efforts.This led to hubris and spiritual
pride, the sworn enemies of Christianity. “Thus,” he said, “the Christian
message is basically amoral and irreligious, paradoxical as that may sound.”"
Bonhoeffer was one wise man, wasn't he? I wish more Christians today would grasp that truth.
ReplyDeleteCindy at Notes in the Key of Life
Yes, it seems that he was. This bio is great so far.
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