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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 did Bonhoeffer say that a community fellowship needs to survive and thrive?
2. What did Bonhoeffer say that confession does to sin?
3. When one falls into the habit of saying nothing at all, ever (which Bonhoeffer did not endorse), what desire did Bonhoeffer say could declare itself?
4. In Chapter 5, when did Bonhoeffer say a brother needed some way to restore himself to community?
5. What is the apparent conflict that Chapter 3 raises?
Short Essay Questions
1. What, in Chapter 5, did Bonhoeffer say is the fullness of Christian fellowship in community?
2. Regarding the ministry of bearing, how did Bonhoeffer tie it to what he called the "fellowship of the cross?"
3. What did Bonhoeffer say that confessing sin to a brother enables?
4. Likewise, how does Bonhoeffer describe personal prayer in Chapter 3?
5. In Chapter 5, what did Bonhoeffer say that each man thinks he has a right to?
6. 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?
7. In Chapter 4, what did Bonhoeffer say that members of a community need to pay attention to?
8. Finally, how did Bonhoeffer explain intercession in Chapter 3, which was also supposed to take place during a Christian's personal time with God? How much importance did he place on intercession?
9. According to what Bonhoeffer said, what does confession to - and absolution by - a brother confessor provide to an individual?
10. In Chapter 5, what kind of brother did Bonhoeffer say may better understand another's confession of sin?
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
In Chapter 5, Bonhoeffer states that the darkness one feels while in sin poisons and isolates a sinner's heart and soul from his brethren. Explain what this means and provide examples, from society, your own life, and the text.
Essay Topic 3
Perhaps the cornerstone of the ministries Bonhoeffer discussed in Chapter 4 was that of holding one's tongue. James, one of Jesus' disciples, described the tongue and the bad things we can say with it as able to set the entire world on fire. It is so easy, and even fun, to repeat bad things we hear and say bad things we think; however, Bonhoeffer's comments on not doing so hold a great deal of wisdom. Use the text to demonstrate Bonhoeffer's reasons why a person should never speak evil thoughts and why he absolutely forbade his seminarians to say ANYTHING secretly about each other. Then, compare and contrast this rule by which Bonhoeffer governed his seminary with the typical high school student's attitude towards and behavior when it comes to holding one's tongue, not saying bad things, and not saying things secretly about others.
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