Temptation

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Kathleen Downham (Translator)

From April 12-17,1937, there was a reunion of the clergy who two years earlier, under the leadership of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, had established the seminary of the Confessing Church in Finkelwalde, near Stettin, and had finished the first course. Dietrich Bonhoeffer introduced each day with a Bible study on Temptation. The manuscript survived, and needed only to be put in order. E. B.

Genres: Theology

47 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1953

About the author

Works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Protestant theologian of Germany, concern Christianity in the modern world; for his role in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, people executed him.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer served as a Lutheran pastor. He, also a participant in the movement of Resistance against Nazism and a member, founded the confessing church. Members of the Abwehr, the military intelligence office planned his involvement, which resulted in his arrest in April 1943 and his subsequent hanging in April 1945 shortly before the end of the war. His secular view influenced very many people.

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Reviews

[Emil Henriksen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Through the book, Bonhoeffer contrasts the temptation of Adam with the temptation of Christ, and offers theological insight, together with provoking hope and practical advise for encountering temptation in flesh and spirit. Short, concise and nice.

[Brad Dell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Difficult to wade into because it’s dense and the writing can be unclear at times — Bonhoeffer tends to fluctuate between straightforwardness and roundboutness. Much as I love his ideas, another classic move by him is to speak in absolutes that startle and at times make me wonder if he’s gone too far.

[Noah · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Either we are tempted in Adam or we are tempted in Christ. Either the Adam in me is tempted- in which case we fall. Or the Christ in us is tempted- in which case Satan is bound to fall."

"...no temptation is more terrible than to be without temptation."

Bonhoeffer does it again...excellent commentary and one of the best I've read.