Dietrich Bonhoeffer stood stood strong for Jesus in the worst of trials. His faith was much more than mere words or confessions. His dependence on the grace and strength of Jesus during Nazi imprisonment allowed him to stay focused on the prize of seeing Jesus. This truth is seen in an Anglican prayer:

“O God our Father, who art the source of strength to all thy Saints, and who didst bring thy servant Dietrich Bonhoeffer through imprisonment and death to the joys of life eternal: Grant that we, being encouraged by their examples, may hold fast the faith we profess…” (quoted in Stephen R. Haynes, The Bonhoeffer Phenomenon: Portraits of a Protestant Saint, 148). 

This week, we have seen how Bonhoeffer’s example of serving Jesus in the severest of trials can impact our lives in the twenty-first century.

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Thank you. Bryan