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Frank Bellizzi wrote an article about Dietrich Bonhoeffer for the Christian Chronicle recently. It's a great introduction to what Bonhoeffer really was all about. Check it out this excerpt

Considering those realities while studying his Bible, he proposed a “religionless” and “worldly” Christianity. If being “religious” means being preoccupied with pious occasions and the inner life, then the believer should outgrow and throw off religion.

“To be a Christian does not mean to be religious in a particular way,” he said.

“It is not some religious act that makes a Christian what he is.” By “worldly,” he did not mean “lascivious.” Instead, he meant the kind of faith that would lead a person to plunge himself “into the life of a godless world.” To be “worldly” in a Christian sense means to participate “in the suffering of God in the life of the world.”

You can read the full article here...