Forget the sanitized, watered-down version of Bonhoeffer you might have encountered. While his words are quoted on inspirational posters, the man himself was forged in the crucible of the Nazi regime. His faith wasn't a cozy VBS lesson; it was resistance, costly obedience, and ultimately, a martyr's death.
Theologian Turned Conspirator
Bonhoeffer's story is inseparable from a world sliding into the abyss. As the German church was seduced by Nazi ideology, he emerged as a prophetic voice, denouncing the persecution of the Jews and the state's interference in spiritual matters. This wasn't armchair theologizing; it was faith on the frontlines, with his very life on the line.