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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. Bonhoeffer says that listening to the Word of God is the beginning of:
2. Based on what Bonhoeffer says in Chapter 4, which of the elements of personal devotional time that he described in Chapter 3 tie in with the ministry of bearing?
3. What, according to Bonhoeffer's statements in Chapter 3, does silence for its own sake bring?
4. What does Bonhoeffer say about meditation?
5. According to Bonhoeffer, what makes a person feel alone?
Short Essay Questions
1. What, in Bonhoeffer's opinion, did one's learning to allow others to speak the Word of God (i.e. practice the ministry of proclaiming) allow a person to do?
2. What did Bonhoeffer say in Chapter 4 about a person who cannot listen to another patiently and at length?
3. What did Bonhoeffer claim that regular, scheduled time for personal meditation, prayer, and intercession would demonstrate for a community member?
4. When Christians assemble together the day before Holy Communion to beg forgiveness of each other, what did Bonhoeffer say they are to confess?
5. Thinking back over Chapters 1-3, what was the overarching message of these chapters? (Hint: A clue can be gleaned from the chapter titles).
6. What, in Chapter 5, did Bonhoeffer say is the fullness of Christian fellowship in community?
7. What did Bonhoeffer say that a community member who has sinned can no longer experience until he confesses his sins? Why?
8. What did Bonhoeffer say should be the goal of personal meditation?
9. In Chapter 4, what did Bonhoeffer say that members of a community need to pay attention to?
10. Regarding the ministry of bearing, how did Bonhoeffer tie it to what he called the "fellowship of the cross?"
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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 4, Bonhoeffer said that a community fellowship needs both weak and strong members to survive and thrive. Explain what this statement means and provide examples both from the text and from current events as well as from your community that show how both weak and strong members enable a community to survive and thrive.
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