Homebrewed Christianity Standing With God in Gethsemane's Darkness: Bonhoeffer's Call to a Faith of Solidarity in Suffering
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Apr 18, 2025 Explore Dietrich Bonhoeffer's compelling theology of suffering, focusing on Jesus' experience in Gethsemane. Discover how true faith is rooted in solidarity with the oppressed rather than in religious rituals or power dynamics. Delve into the significance of Jesus' question about staying awake, emphasizing authentic engagement with pain. The discussion encourages a community built on connection and collaboration, inviting listeners to deepen their understanding of faith in the midst of suffering.
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Pastoral Crisis and Presence
- As a young minister, Tripp accompanied a suicidal community member back from a cliff, despite feeling inadequate.
- The senior minister embraced him warmly and promised the church would not abandon him in his suffering.
Bonhoeffer's Gethsemane Faith
- Bonhoeffer saw authentic Christianity as standing with God in suffering, not religious performance or power.
- True faith emerges by staying present in abandonment and vulnerability, not by escaping pain or seeking comfort.
The End of Problem-Solving God
- Bonhoeffer rejected the idea of God as a divine problem-solver who intervenes magically.
- Instead, God reveals divine solidarity by entering human suffering, refusing to be God apart from us.