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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas — WisdomDeck honest review
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

by Eric Metaxas

The popular biography: Bonhoeffer's family, theology, resistance, the conspiracy, Flossenbürg. Scholars criticize its framing; it remains the most read account.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Faith acts.
  2. Cheap grace versus costly grace.
  3. Silence is complicity.

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