Author Eric Metaxas on Bonhoeffer: The Extended Interview - CBN.com

Watch the full, web exclusive interview between Scott Ross and author Eric Metaxas on Dietrich Bonhoeffer... The Christian Broadcasting Network CBN www.cbn.com

[@davejones613]

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's legacy is growing in time like a fine wine for all to see..He stood against repression and evil with an inside resistance that had little chance of success as he was put here as a beacon of light in a very dark time..True hero of mankind..

[@denisetraister3111]

I loved this book. Read it twice to make sure I didn't miss anything.

[@TheWolfgangfritz]

Just reading the book now! So well written! Eric Metaxas is a brilliant, fresh young scholar who peppers his interviews with quick whit and profound insight. Young people will listen to him! Too many boring outdated and clueless old men in academic glass bubbles seem to be interested in theology, or we have also with us individuals who pick topics that are sensational and 'tickle the ears' but miss the redemptive message of Christ. I would encourage Eric to stay focused and continue to follow the Lord's leading.

[@barbarasunday3514]

Very interesting.both as a Christian,and grandchild of a German who evaded service under Hitler , I am grateful for the information on Bohoffer

[@CMO5569]

This book was AMAZING!!!! I read it entirely and did not want it to end when I neared the back. What a God honoring life and Metaxas expertly looms the yarn so that you feel like a "fly on the wall" of Bonhoeffer's life. True courage existed in Germany during this dark epoch in human history.

[@theoriginalt-paine3776]

Many thanks to this man for writing this book. He is absolutely right about Bonhöffer being the one guy who can really appeal to nonbelievers. I was raised with a mixed upbringing, my mother's family are liberal/secular Jews, and my father's family are fundamentalist Christians, and my mother converted when they were married. So, I was raised in my father's Church, and there are saw this idea that if you just follow these little nit picky rules, and pray for forgiveness when you sin, you're all good, it doesn't matter what your intentions are, or your what's in you heart, and the spirit of Christ's message was completely absent from this church. I saw that hypocrisy even as a kid, and I stopped attending at 10, and by my teens I lost my faith entirely, and started calling myself an atheist. However, I've always felt this pull towards God, and faith. Bonhöffer is the kind of guy who I look at, and I think that if I were half the man he was, I'd be more than any man I've ever met. His life, and demonstration of his commitment to God in his actions are an unbelievably inspiring story. I think he was right, the spirit of the bible is far, far more important than any particular verse, and he acted with justice and forthrightness in his Anti-Nazi activity, and I respect him far more than the men who hid behind the pulpit praying, unwilling to really resist. I'm only just coming back to faith, and it is a struggle, but I feel this pull towards it, and I think Bonhöffer is the only guy who has ever lived out, and articulated so eloquently the spirit of God as I have always seen it. He makes me want to be better, to do better, to live better, to love better, and to serve better. I guess, at the end of the day, he was the man I hope I would have been in his shoes. I cannot conceive how any secular force could drive a man to live the life he lived, if anyone since Christ was genuinely touched by God, it was Bonhöffer. His legacy is wildly underappreciated. Many thanks to this man for writing this book. We need Bonhöffer's message, and someone who can call those from a culture that has lost its way the way he was able to do, today more than ever. His words, and writings have become more valuable with time, not less, and he was truly a man for the ages. What are the effects of Dietrich Bonhöffer on the church? It's too soon to say, they haven't really started to set in yet, and the same problems exist today. However, they can make a difference whenever the church chooses to listen to him.

[@sandrafraser8120]

I had not heard of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and I would believe there have been many, many brave men and woman that we should learn about, thank you so much for bringing this video to light , I will definitely look for his book.

[@WRT50]

I have the audio version of the book through "Audible". It is alive beyond belief, not solely for its content, but also for the narration. Take the excellent presentation of fact through the in depth research done by Eric Metaxas and add to that the smooth, articulate delivery of Malcolm Hillgartner and...well I'm listening to it for the 4th time. I listen to audible books on a regular basis and the narration of Hillgartner is unparalleled. His perfect pronunciation of the German language as it is presented in the story is a joy to listen to. I will buy the hardback book, but I highly recommend the audio version

[@fredrogers4704]

For such a time as this! The Trumpet is Sounding!

[@RobKandell]

The irony of this broadcasting on CBN is not lost on me.

[@Lemansalter7]

Bonhoeffer was the greatest Lutheran of all time. Even greater than Luther himself.He founded the Confessing Church in Germany in protest of the policies of the Lutheran Church.

[@stephend2879]

Metaxas' work is a treasure.

[@georgiawilliams1277]

A wonderful researched biography. Important for the times we live in now.

[@ChristianBroadcastingNetwork]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@beckyteague-4407]

The message is much needed in the USA now. We are losing our country just as Germany did. I pray daily for people in USA will turn their hearts and minds towards God. We must repent and change ourselves and reflect our conversation and salvation by our actions.

[@ChristianBroadcastingNetwork]

Thank you for the kind words. We are in faith with you, believing that the Lord will touch the hearts of His people, leading them back to Him. Blessings! }

[@angels6241]

Such a great and kind writer/author. I think he wrote some books for kids too. There is a book with more pictures in it. Großes bebildertes Din A 4 Werk. There is only one thing that isnt the right way told in the big book with pictures, but anyhow its extraordinary. The Gütersloher Verlag got a collection about Dietrich Bonhoefer as well. There are more details in it. I liked the pictures and its easy 2 read. God bless you and thanks for your good and extraordinary books about Bonhoefer. Your 2 books about Bonhoefer are a Segen, wie man so schön sagt und Bonhöfer liebt die deutsche Sprache. I hope there will be more books about Dietrich made by Mr. Eric Metaxas. Metaxas sounds greek to me, like Metaxa, no matter what keep going. God bless you.

[@zacmcmenemy7583]

Great interview on a fascinating subject.

[@reginaDexant]

I do want to thank you for this interview. I can't stand the compromise so common everyday on the 700 club, it's downright comical if it was not so criminal. I am genuinely grieved by this gaff. I really loved the program when it was strong and steady. I don't know what happened. You CANNOT forsake the Gospel for friendship,especially friendship with the world. I am glad you did this piece. Real Meat.

[@pmullins1495]

Roger 700 Club. 👎 Utter Failure !! 😔

[@beckyteague-4407]

Thank you for Truth. I wish my grandsons had read Bonhoeffer in high school instead of that book by Hitler. Can't spell it correcty but most 76yr olds know what I'm talking about.

[@ChristianBroadcastingNetwork]

Thank you for watching and for sharing your thoughts. May the Lord bless you! }

[@katarzynaway8009]

This book is exellent

[@aussieguy55]

Bonhoeffer sat in a church listen to a preacher (Like Obama) who was "Powell combined gentle, meek, non-violent love with revolutionar radical social change" See Against Cheap Grace in a World Come of Age: An Intellectual Biography of Clayton Powell, 1865-1953. p11. That should warm Glenn Becks soul lol

[@MrWhitelightning73]

Interesting 😊

[@heidifuqua9205]

Isn’t this timely?

[@StubbornMomDotCom]

Who here is reading Letter to the American Church?

[@ChristianBroadcastingNetwork]

Thank you for engaging with us today.'

[@bluesky7226]

Fabulous interview. Thanks for sharing. I have read a little about Martin Niemoller...and use one of his quotes all the time...

[@normasotelo6459]

dietrich bohlen

[@normasotelo6459]

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[@marils8452]

I just finished the book- the quote about him being unable to imagine a vain person praying stuck with me. 5:20 Listen to that phrase again- the irony is hard to miss. His disdain for other churches and his certainty in his own righteousness. If he hadn't been rich, no one would have paid attention to him- then to claim that "money is dirt"- while living off the largess of family and tithes!? I'm not seeing the 'great man'.

[@corbinmcnabb]

Ultimately, few were paying attention to him while he was alive, and some of that attention was by the Gestapo and the like. Bethge, who studied under him, and became a friend of his, is probably more responsible than anybody for Bonhoeffer being well known today. By the way, Bonhoeffer was hanged by the Nazis. He wasn't perfect, but when you are willing to die trying to stop others from being killed, I will take your critique a little more serious.

[@dongraves9944]

In our Bible Church, there is no mention of what is going on in our country, and the world.

[@annr3800]

He looks like Bonhoeffer!

[@Robbi496]

An interesting fact to me is that Bonhoeffer smoked and drank beer, some of our so - called standards are somewhat cultural, but faith in Jesus Christ is NOT :)

[@olasylvia1]

Didn't Jesus drink wine?

[@aussieguy55]

@Yesica1993 how many books have you read Bonhoeffer? His letters from prison, his books like life together? When i visited you site the pic of Sarah Palin told me all about you. A religious fundamentalist, a extreme political conservative

[@pmullins1495]

???? Your point if you have one, please.

[@chinojarjos]

Blah!!! We obey Jesus before man! The bible does say as far as it is up to you to live at peace with all" once the world conflicts with my conscience before God. God is first always first for life or death!

[@Yesica1993]

@aussieguy55 For the most incoherent comment I've read here in a while.

[@pearlms1624]

Bonhoeffer was an incredible man. This author on the other hand is incredibly awful. (Google him.)

[@oscarrobert4725]

Bonhoeffer hopefully was not fundamentalist

[@robinainsworth9270]

He was not...

[@corbinmcnabb]

Fundamentalism is an American phenomenon. Bonhoeffer did go to the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York occasionally, while he was studying. They weren't fundamentalist. Still aren't, as near as I can tell.

[@claudermiller]

"nothing so at odds with prayer as vanity." Lol. Makes me think of Trump in the Oval Office surrounded by evangelical ministers.

[@pmullins1495]

You passing Judgement ???

[@claudermiller]

@pmullins1495 that's exactly what I'm doing.