{"id":4727,"date":"2019-05-07T13:40:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T18:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2019-05-07T13:41:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T18:41:36","slug":"recommended-resource-life-together-by-dietrich-bonhoeffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2019\/05\/07\/recommended-resource-life-together-by-dietrich-bonhoeffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Resource: Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIf a Christian is in the fellowship of confession with a brother, <\/em>he will never be alone again, anywhere.\u201d1<\/sup> <\/em><\/p>\n

German pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer presents a brief but rich treatise on Christian community in his classic work, Life Together, <\/em>his inspiring account of a unique fellowship in an underground seminary during the Nazi years in Germany.\u00a0 It reads like one of Paul\u2019s letters, giving practical suggestions on how you can live in Christian community with others.<\/p>\n

To achieve this goal, he first defines community. In the subsequent two chapters, he describes a typical day both in community with others and in solitude. Bonhoeffer then explains how you can practically minister to your brethren, and he concludes Life Together<\/em> with the importance of confession and communion.<\/p>\n

The book raises these five challenges for your life and ministry.<\/p>\n

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  1. You must balance your spiritual day alone versus your day with other believers.<\/li>\n
  2. You can view ministry as service.<\/li>\n
  3. Be more thankful for the ability to live with brethren.<\/li>\n
  4. You can integrate your faith into your everyday life.<\/li>\n
  5. Life truly is meant to be lived in community with other believers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Life Together<\/em> is a great read for anyone desiring more insight into the complexities and beauties of Christian community.\u00a0 Bonhoeffer\u2019s insights are invaluable for preserving \u201cthe unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you together\u201d (Ephesians 4:3, GNT).<\/p>\n

    1<\/sup>Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Life Together. Translated by John W. Doberstein. San Francisco: New York, 1954.<\/p>\n

    2<\/sup>Good News Translation (GNT). Copyright \u00a9 1992 by American Bible Society.<\/p>\n

    Click HERE<\/a> to purchase a copy of this book on Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,15],"tags":[1072,1073,18,1074,968,1045,867,1055],"class_list":{"0":"post-4727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"category-mens-ministries","9":"tag-dietrich-bonhoeffer","10":"tag-life-together","11":"tag-mens-ministries-2","12":"tag-mens-ministries-director","13":"tag-recommended-resource","14":"tag-strong-in-fellowship","15":"tag-w-a-mills","16":"tag-william-a-mills","17":"entry"},"title_es":"Recurso recomendado: Life Together de Dietrich Bonhoeffer","content_es":"\"Si un cristiano est\u00e1 en la confraternidad de confesi\u00f3n con un hermano<\/em> , nunca volver\u00e1 a estar solo en ning\u00fan lugar\". 1<\/sup><\/em> Pastor alem\u00e1n, te\u00f3logo, disidente anti-nazi y miembro fundador clave de la Iglesia de Confesi\u00f3n, Dietrich Bonhoeffer presenta un breve pero rico tratado sobre la comunidad cristiana en su trabajo cl\u00e1sico, Life Together,<\/em> su relato inspirador de una beca \u00fanica en un seminario subterr\u00e1neo durante los a\u00f1os nazis en Alemania. Se lee como una de las cartas de Paul, dando sugerencias pr\u00e1cticas sobre c\u00f3mo puedes vivir en la comunidad cristiana con otros. Para lograr este objetivo, primero define comunidad. En los dos cap\u00edtulos siguientes, describe un d\u00eda t\u00edpico tanto en comunidad con otros como en soledad. Luego, Bonhoeffer explica c\u00f3mo puedes ministrar pr\u00e1cticamente a tus hermanos, y concluye Life Together<\/em> con la importancia de la confesi\u00f3n y la comuni\u00f3n. El libro plantea estos cinco desaf\u00edos para tu vida y tu ministerio.\r\n

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    1. Debes equilibrar tu d\u00eda espiritual solo contra tu d\u00eda con otros creyentes.<\/li>\r\n \t
    2. Puedes ver el ministerio como servicio.<\/li>\r\n \t
    3. Estar m\u00e1s agradecidos por la capacidad de vivir con los hermanos.<\/li>\r\n \t
    4. Puedes integrar tu fe en tu vida diaria.<\/li>\r\n \t
    5. La vida verdaderamente debe ser vivida en comunidad con otros creyentes.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nLife Together<\/em> es una gran lectura para cualquier persona que desee conocer mejor las complejidades y bellezas de la comunidad cristiana. Las ideas de Bonhoeffer son invaluables para preservar \"la unidad que el Esp\u00edritu da mediante la paz que los une\" (Efesios 4: 3, GNT). 1<\/sup> Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Vida juntos. Traducido por John W. Doberstein. San Francisco: Nueva York, 1954. 2<\/sup> Good News Translation (GNT). Copyright \u00a9 1992 por la American Bible Society. Haga clic AQU\u00cd<\/a> para comprar una copia de este libro en Amazon.","author_name":"William A. Mills","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Resource-graphic.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-1ef","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}