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The Church That Disappoints You: What Bonhoeffer Learned in an Underground Seminary

Sooner or later every church lets you down. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who lived in a small Christian community under the eye of the Gestapo, argued that this moment of disappointment is not the end of real fellowship. It may be the beginning.

YESHVA EditorialSeptember 29, 20266 min readEditor: Luciano Olguin

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