christian moral actions

• discipleship 


  following the life, examples and teachings of Jesus
• grace


  the free and unmerited favour of God as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings
• cheap grace


  grace offered freely but received without any change in the recipient, ultimately false and does not lead to salvation
• costly grace


  grace followed by obedience to Gods command and discipleship
• passion 


  Jesus' suffering at the end of his life
• solidarity


  an altruistic commitment to stand alongside and be with less fortunate those oppressed or those who suffer
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  • born 1906 in germany
  • spent Time at river church in new York (engaged in black baptist communities)
  • opposed Hitlers regime
  • set up illegal seminary confession church (Finkelwalde) in Berlin (opposition to nazi christian church)
• concept of the Füher 


  likening Jesus to füher as if hitler was saviour. hitler was head of the nazi church
• teachings and example of Bonhoeffer

  1. duty to god and the state
  2. church as community
  3. cost of discipleship
• duty to god and the state

  • responsibility to the state does not mean blind obedience
  • ensure state acts according to gods will
  • state never has ultimate power
  • church should keep state in check, not be apart of it
• civil disobedience

  resistance against the will of the state