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The Cost of Discipleship – Lent 2025
In a time of rising authoritarianism, deep division, and political corruption, what does it mean to truly follow Jesus? This Lent, we invite you on a journey of faith, resistance, and costly grace through our sermon series on The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer, a pastor and theologian who stood against the Nazi regime, challenges us to reject “cheap grace”—a faith without sacrifice—and instead embrace the radical, transformative call of Jesus. In a world where justice is often…
Spoke in the Wheel: Dietrich Bonhoeffer & Kingdom Allegiance
On October 11th, Roots will kick off a new and timely teaching series called “Spoke in the Wheel: Dietrich Bonhoeffer & Kingdom Allegiance.” In 1933, Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered a lecture to a group of pastors who were uneasy about the way the German state was exercising its power, but were “good Lutherans” and so did not speak out. “Dietrich mentioned three possibilities of church action towards the state: ‘In the first place it can ask the state whether its actions…