“We are also brought into the church-community as a result of Christ’s death on the cross—a community of the forgiven, who should… — Stephen J. Nichols Community Copy Share Image
“Bonhoeffer and Luther draw on Christ’s paradox of gaining one’s life by losing it. So we come to the ultimate paradox: by… — Stephen J. Nichols Freedom Copy Share Image
“It would be safe to say that by the nineteenth century, pietism had long since dislodged Puritanism as the dominant force in… — Stephen J. Nichols Life Copy Share Image
“The God-man who is humiliated is the stumbling block to the pious human being and to the human being, period.” — Stephen J. Nichols God Copy Share Image
“The ethics of the Sermon on the Mount are nothing less than extraordinary. To look at them as something that can be… — Stephen J. Nichols Life Copy Share Image
“Leaning on Augustine’s insight, Bonhoeffer sees the sanctorum communio as “the community of loving persons who, touched by God’s Spirit, radiate love… — Stephen J. Nichols Love Copy Share Image
“The church is the real thing when it is not consumed with the assertion of power in culture, but it is driven… — Stephen J. Nichols Service to others Copy Share Image
“David McCullough has said, “We are shaped by those we never met.” — Stephen J. Nichols David mccullough Copy Share Image
“A congregation that does not pray for the ministry of its pastor,” Bonhoeffer warns, “is no longer a congregation.”11 He then adds, “A… — Stephen J. Nichols Copy Share Image
“We could summarize all of this background to Bonhoeffer’s christology in one sentence, albeit a complex one: The cross was a stumbling… — Stephen J. Nichols Stumbling block Copy Share Image
“Gratitude is equally underrated and under-practiced. It too requires humility to say “thank you.” Saying “thank you” means one is dependent on… — Stephen J. Nichols Gratitude Copy Share Image
“His ecclesiology, though, is never an independent topic. It always flows from and back to Christ and his christology. Neither is Bonhoeffer… — Stephen J. Nichols Copy Share Image
“We seem especially susceptible to this pitting of spirituality against theology in American evangelical contexts. Perhaps we can chalk this up to… — Stephen J. Nichols Religion Copy Share Image
“If this earth was good enough for the man Jesus Christ, if such a man as Jesus lived, then, and only then,… — Stephen J. Nichols Good enough Copy Share Image
“Everything in the prior chapters has been leading us up to this point. Our look at his christology (chap. 2) and ecclesiology (chap.… — Stephen J. Nichols Bible Copy Share Image
“I offer this succinct synopsis of Bonhoeffer on the Christian life: We live in love by grace as the church-community—in, through, and… — Stephen J. Nichols Christian life Copy Share Image
“What theological conservatives need to guard against, though, is thinking that because we affirm the Bible to be God’s inerrant and authoritative… — Stephen J. Nichols Bible Copy Share Image
“This poem, “Stations on the Road to Freedom,” echoes the Christ-centered or christotelic emphasis we have come to see in so much… — Stephen J. Nichols Freedom Copy Share Image
