Eric Metaxas: The Man Who Defeated Adolph Hitler

A wonderful piece on the faith of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and how it made a difference in his life right now. As I said this morning, a real resurrection faith will always do that.

From here.

Bonhoeffer believed the Easter story. He actually believed the extraordinary story of God’s coming to Earth and dying and then rising from the dead to defeat death forever. He believed that because this was true, he need never fear death. All he needed to worry about was doing the right thing and trusting God with the results. And that he did.

Because Bonhoeffer believed these things he had the courage to do what almost no one else around him could do. He stood up for the Jews of Europe and today he is celebrated and cherished, while Hitler, who condemned him to death and who only believed in himself, is reviled as a monster.

Read it all.