be searching for someone who can model Christian faith, discipleship, and community for them. Bonhoeffer’s life and faith were animated by his love for Jesus Christ, his discovery of the self-sacrificing demands of the Sermon on the Mount, and his determination that, for Christians, genuine faith needs to be lived in Christian communities whose life together derives from the Gospel mandates. His brash outspokenness was reminiscent of the prophets of old; and, like those prophets, his sense of justice
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