Innerland: A Guide into the Heart of the Gospel

Innerland: A Guide into the Heart of the Gospel

by Eberhard Arnold

Innerland is a bold and challenging invitation to the path of discipleship that speaks to both the terrors and the hopes of our time.Along with the likes of John Woolman, Thomas Kelly, and Dorothy Day, Eberhard Arnold is one of the great secrets of radical Christianity. The reprinting of this masterpiece is truly a gift.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Eberhard was born in Königsberg, East Prussia into an academic family. He studied theology but, because of his views on infant baptism and his decision to leave the Lutheran church, he was refused his degree. He changed majors to philosophy. He married Emmy von Hollander and together they dedicated their lives in obedience to God’s will. This led to the beginning of community in 1920.

Eberhard was criticized for his uncompromising faith, which cost him many friends. Not wanting to form a separate sect, he always sought out others who felt as he did. This led to a year’s trip to North America (1930-31) to visit the Hutterites. He was accepted as a minister and the Bruderhof became part of the larger Hutterian movement.

When Hitler came to power in 1933 Eberhard spoke out clearly, recognizing early on the direction German politics were taking. He spent the last years of his life preparing the Brotherhood for possible persecution. Returning from a visit to government authorities in October 1933, he slipped and broke his leg—a complicated fracture which ultimately led to his death.

Reviews

[Al · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth spending more time with - my version is a pdf book and time currently does not allow me to do it justice. E. Arnold is a uniquely gifted and insightful, even prophetic voice of the last century and his books and sermons deserve re-circulation as they are as relevant as they were when he wrote and preached.

[Jarl Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I acquired this book months agao, and am still on my first reading. Not because it is hard to get through, or to understand. Not because I am not enjoying it, or otherwise getting something out of it, but because it is a book that requires, needs, demands, days, even weeks, to absorb the implications of a single section of a single chapter...---and I know that I have not yet got to the heart of the core of any of it. I highly recommend it, but only if you want to change your relationship to Christ - to have it change - to be changed....