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Eric Metaxas is an American author, radio host, and public speaker, born in 1963. He is recognized for his works in Christian apologetics and historical biographies, with several best-selling books to his name, including 'Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy' and 'If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty'. Metaxas is also the host of the radio program 'The Eric Metaxas Show'.

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“The family trees of Karl and Paula Bonhoeffer are everywhere so laden with figures of accomplishment that one might expect future generations to be burdened by it all. But the welter of wonderfulness that was their heritage seemed to have been a boon, one that buoyed them up so that each child seems not only to have stood on the shoulders of giants but also to have danced on them.”

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Book:Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Source: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

“...when someone asked Bonhoeffer whether he shouldn't join the German Christians in order to work against them from within, he answered that he couldn't. 'If you board the wrong train,' he said, 'it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction.”

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Book:Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Source: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

“Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic. Do not defend God's word, but testify to it. Trust to the Word. It is a ship loaded to the very limits of its capacity. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer”

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Book:Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Source: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

“Bonhoeffer thought of death as the last station on the road to freedom.”

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Book:Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Source: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

“Christianity contains within itself a germ hostile to the Church (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)”

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“Bonhoeffer knew that twisting the Truth to sell it more effectively was inexcusable. For Bonhoeffer the challenge was to present the Truth as purely as possible without attempting to help it along or dress it up.”

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Born: 1963
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