Christian Moral Action - Bonhoeffer

Which did the German Protestant Church not do?

• Prohibit Ministers with Jewish ancestry

• Campaign to remove the Old Testament

• Worship Hitler as a Christian leader, alongside God

• Stop worshipping Jesus as he was Jewish

What did the Confessing Church not do?

• Accept Nazi ideology

• Valued Community

• Promoted responsibility for others

• Focused on discipleship

What did Bonhoeffer do to work against the authorities?

• Spoke out in lectures against the Nazi regime

• Openly spoke about praying for the defeat of his country

• Killed German soldiers

• Became a double agent

Obedience for Bonhoeffer meant what?

• Fitting faith around our lives

• Considering reason, conscience and responsibility before anything

• Single minded obedience and action beyond all else - leaving your old life behind

Which result did Bonhoeffer hope for in his quote, 'Christian's in Germany will face the terrible alternative...'

• Willing the victory of their nation and thereby destroying our civilization

• Willing the defeat of their nation in order that Christian civilization may survive

Who's example in the Bible did Bonhoeffer use for having complete single minded obedience to Jesus?

• The disciples - Calming of the Storm

• Paralyzed man

• Bleeding women

• Peter walking on the sea

Who's example did Bonhoeffer use to demonstrate obedience to offering yourself completely to God?

• The rich young man

• The prodigal son

• Zacchaeus

When talking about the presence of Christians amongst people in a community, what does Bonhoeffer not compare people to in being visible for the community?

• Salt

• Seeds

• Light

What did Bonhoeffer have an issue with the Confessing Church over?

• Not being proactive enough

• The secrecy

• Taking the civil oath for Hitler

What was Finkenwalde not used for?

• life a prayer

• refuge for the persecuted

• place to logistically plan the assignation of Hitler

• source of renewal for those spiritually damaged or drained