Written by Bonhoeffer Scholar and BibleMesh Institute Research Fellow: Dr. Brant Himes. On May 26, 1996, the United States Holocaust Museum honored Dietrich Bonhoeffer as a Righteous Gentile who helped save Jews during the Nazi regime. In October 1998, the Yad Vashem holocaust memorial in Jerusalem denied the request to name Bonhoeffer as Righteous Among …
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BibleMesh is pleased to announce Dr. Brant Himes as Research Fellow in Public Theology and Culture. This article is adapted from a conversation between Dr. Dennis Greeson, Dean of the BibleMesh Institute, and Dr. Brant Himes. Tell Us a Bit about Yourself I’m an associate professor at Los Angeles Pacific University, where I teach online …
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Mike Urton currently serves as the team leader for Immigrant Ministries Chicagoland. He has worked among the Muslim and Muslim Background Believer population of Chicago for over two decades. For those of us involved in the task of theological education for missionaries, it is not always easy to gauge our effectiveness. Especially after those we …
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https://youtu.be/dKkff8IBwGw?si=_-VVCunheClGztxd Watch our introductory conversation about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, exploring his biography, theology, and his legacy for the church. There will be renewed interest in the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer this fall, as Angel Studios will be releasing the movie Bonhoeffer—Pastor. Spy. Assassin. The film tells his story of being swept up into a plot to …
Written by Bonhoeffer Scholar: Dr. Brant Himes. Associate Professor, Los Angeles Pacific University. PhD, Theology (Fuller Theological Seminary and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Who Was Dietrich Bonhoeffer? Bonhoeffer was a German pastor and theologian during the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. He was a brilliant thinker and writer and earned his doctorate degree at the young …
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Across the world, every Sunday, in numberless churches, of many different denominations, the Bible is opened and read and a sermon or talk is given. But what is the relationship of the Bible to the preaching? To answer this question it may help to think in terms of analogy with a car. Perhaps you are …