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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. What are the two primary things Bonhoeffer discusses in Chapter 5?

2. What did Bonhoeffer say is a possible downside to listening, serving, and bearing that the ministry of proclaiming can help correct?

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

4. What, according to Bonhoeffer, is the ministry of proclaiming?

5. What did Bonhoeffer say that a community fellowship needs to survive and thrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the scripture that Bonhoeffer utilized in Chapter 3 to emphasize, one last time, the importance to him of time spent alone?

2. What did Bonhoeffer say was the result of resisting weakening by giving in to sin in the day spent alone?

3. When discussing the ministry of proclaiming, what did Bonhoeffer say we ultimately recognize when we see others as being in need of assistance, encouragement, and forgiveness?

4. What did Bonhoeffer say should be the goal of personal meditation?

5. 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?

6. What did Bonhoeffer say that confessing sin to a brother enables?

7. As Chapter 3 came to a close, what did Bonhoeffer say about the dimension of solitude and exile he described in community life?

8. Why did Bonhoeffer call the rules and recommendations he established in Chapter 4 "ministries?"

9. In Chapter 5, what did Bonhoeffer say that each man thinks he has a right to?

10. In Chapter 5, what did Bonhoeffer say the confessing Christian gives up by forsaking his sin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 2, what did Bonhoeffer describe as the three meanings of fellowship of the table? Support your statements with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 2, Bonhoeffer speaks at length about the Psalter (the book of Psalms, which he used for a hymnbook in his seminary). Using the text to support your statements, please explain the three things that Bonhoeffer believed could be learned from the Psalter. Then, compare and contrast these three things with the lessons and themes taught in the popular music of today.

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