Bonhoeffer starts to feel that the world is becoming religionless or today we would say "Post Christian." He contemplates how we bring the message of Jesus to a world that no longer understands Christianity as the radical message of love and freedom from sin, but rather a nice, polite system of society to raise families in. Scripture speaks of having a form of Godliness, but denying the power of God - that was the church in German during WWII, and this concerned Bonhoeffer.
In Christian circles today it is not uncommon to hear someone say things like "it's not about religion, it's about a relationship." And I agree with this, but it just made me think - was Bonhoeffer the first to wrestle with this. And if he was, what was going on in his life to prompt this. And I just find it interesting that for him, the churches as a whole gave into what Nazi Germany promoted and didn't have the boldness to speak up for truth.
In all of it I just think of what is important to us? I pray that my greatest priority would be proclaiming the message of hope and salvation in Christ and that God would give us boldness to share with others the hope that we have in Christ.
