
← The Rise of Bonhoeffer21 sept 2025 · 32 min
Standing Firm: Bonhoeffer's Urgent Wisdom for Our Dangerous Times
🍺 Bonhoeffer for Dangerous Times | Theology Beer Camp 2025 Preview
Are we living in the most dangerous times of our lives? Renowned Bonhoeffer scholar Jeffrey C. Pugh doesn't pull punches in this powerful preview lecture for Theology Beer Camp 2025. Drawing from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's prison writings, especially "After Ten Years," Pugh explores why the German theologian's wisdom is more urgent than ever for Christians navigating today's political and social chaos.
You can WATCH this episode on YouTube
🔥 KEY TOPICS COVERED:
The "View from Below" - Why God is found among the suffering and oppressed
Bonhoeffer's warning about "stupidity" as a sociological force more dangerous than evil
How evil masquerades as righteousness and “safety”
The church's responsibility to cultivate discernment in an age of lies
Standing firm when "all ethical concepts" are thrown into confusion
Practical resistance and "resistant empathy" for our times
💡 FEATURED INSIGHTS:
"Unless you are willing to enter into that space of suffering, you cannot see God”