Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Author: Eric Metaxas

As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to dismantle the Third Reich from the inside. One of these was Dietrich Bonhoeffer–a pastor and author, known as much for such spiritual classics as “The Cost of Discipleship “and “Life Together,” as for hi….Read More

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