"Dietrich Bonhoeffer" Tagged Sermons
Bonhoeffer in Harlem (Interview with Dr. Reggie Williams)
Interview with Bonhoeffer Scholar, Dr. Reggie Williams This video interview is the kick-off of our new teaching series on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s classic, The Cost of Discipleship. Dr. Reggie Williams is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University, with research interests in: Black Theology, African American Studies, Black Arts, The Harlem Renaissance, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Studies, and Christian Ethics. He is the author of Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance, which is widely considered one…
Salt & Light
As we continue in our teaching series “Spoke in the Wheel: Dietrich Bonhoeffer & Kingdom Allegiance,” Pastor T. C. teaches on Matthew 5.13-16. Another way Bonhoeffer’s time in Harlem transformed him was in his understanding of discipleship. No longer did he view the Sermon on the Mount as an impossibly high standard we can never measure up to, but rather as the costly and gracious call to discipleship. In this message, Pastor T. C. reminds us of our Kingdom Allegiance…
Overcoming Fear
This week, Pastor Osheta delivers her sermon live. She teaches on “Overcoming Fear,” a theme on which Bonhoeffer once preached.
Love Your Neighbor
Jesus said the two-fold greatest commandment is to Love God and Love Your Neighbor as Yourself. Paul, writing before the Gospel traditions were written down, summarized this command with just Love Your Neighbor. First John helps us understand why: we can’t love God if we hate human beings made in God’s image. Paul also shows us through his life and ministry that he held Roman officials to account by their own laws. This is what Bonhoeffer meant when he said,…
From Volk to Spoke
In this sermon, Pastor T. C. kicks off a new teaching series on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Kingdom allegiance. In this election season, polarization and partisanship aren’t the primary problem—injustice is. What we can learn from the Scriptures, the life of Jesus, the of the early church, and the example of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is resistance to injustice and being a faithful witness to the Kingdom of God. This message highlight’s Bonhoeffer transformation from his time in Harlem in 1930. He went…