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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what does the ministry of authority depend?

2. What did Bonhoeffer say that preparation for the Lord's Supper is filled with?

3. What, according to Bonhoeffer's statements in Chapter 3, does silence for its own sake bring?

4. What does Bonhoeffer say about the law of Christ, which he believes is fulfilled in the cross?

5. What did Bonhoeffer say that Jesus Christ gives his followers the authority to do in his name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Bonhoeffer place such importance upon silence during times of solitude?

2. Why does Bonhoeffer believe that the cross destroys human pride at its root?

3. What did Bonhoeffer say that a community member who has sinned can no longer experience until he confesses his sins? Why?

4. What did Bonhoeffer claim that regular, scheduled time for personal meditation, prayer, and intercession would demonstrate for a community member?

5. What did Bonhoeffer say in Chapter 4 about a person who cannot listen to another patiently and at length?

6. When discussing the ministry of authority in Chapter 4, what other ministries did Bonhoeffer say had to be in effect in order for genuine spiritual authority to be present?

7. According to what Bonhoeffer said, what does confession to - and absolution by - a brother confessor provide to an individual?

8. Regarding the ministry of bearing, how did Bonhoeffer tie it to what he called the "fellowship of the cross?"

9. When Christians assemble together the day before Holy Communion to beg forgiveness of each other, what did Bonhoeffer say they are to confess?

10. In presenting the ministry of holding one's tongue, what did Bonhoeffer say was completely removed if evil thoughts were not permitted to be said aloud, and if community members were absolutely banned from saying anything in secret about one another?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In explaining his ministry of proclaiming in Chapter 4, how did Bonhoeffer tell us to approach and confront someone who has done something wrong and needs correction? Back your answer up with examples from the text. Then, compare and contrast Bonhoeffer's guidelines with how the typical high school student tends to confront someone who has done him/her wrong.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Bonhoeffer's belief that Christians should bring peace with his actions in joining a plot to overthrow Hitler and in joining the Resistance movement against the Nazis. Were Bonhoeffer's actions in contradiction with his belief that Christians should bring peace? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 2, Bonhoeffer spends a great deal of time using the times of day and night to illustrate Christ's effect on the world.

1) Using the text, explain and demonstrate the various ways day and night are used to illustrate Christ's effect on the world.

2) Day and night are often used as metaphors. Provide another example of what day and night are commonly used to symbolize.

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