Jeffrey Steen

A Reflection Inspired by Bonhoeffer

If Dietrich Bonhoeffer had written as soberly on fear as he did on ethics, we might have known a different view of the world, or at least of Christianity. Ethics he was able to observe and analyze, but fear he did not have the luxury to experience—and then, when it was over, examine. But I believe that the great Bonhoeffer would have no doubt seen difficulty and pain in a different light than we know it. […]