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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, according to Bonhoeffer, enables God's redeeming help to another?

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

3. Which Bible characters does Bonhoeffer present in Chapter 3 as examples of life alone?

4. What did Bonhoeffer say about one brother saying anything secretly against another, even with good intentions?

5. In the context of Chapter 5, what did Bonhoeffer say that Jesus' crucifixion and death on the cross destroys?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What, in Chapter 5, did Bonhoeffer say is the fullness of Christian fellowship in community?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. In Chapter 3, what did Bonhoeffer say was one of the unhealthy ways to view fellowship? Why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and explain, supporting with examples from the text, the three elements that Bonhoeffer says (in Chapter 1) define the meaning of Christian brethren in fellowship. In addition to the three elements defining the meaning of Christian brethren in fellowship, Bonhoeffer made, in Chapter 1, two additional claims in faith that are essential to understanding his beliefs about and his interpretation of Christian brotherhood. Using the text to support your statements, define and explain these additional claims about the nature of Christian brotherhood.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 3, how does Bonhoeffer use the metaphor of a sick and infected physical body to illustrate how he believed the spiritual body of a Christian community is affected by sin? Use the text to show this, then use the same metaphor to show how things like gossip, cliques, and bullying can damage the harmony, morale, and unity of your student body at school.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, Bonhoeffer said that our tendency to size each other up when we first meet causes discord and, in fact, even the original apostles in Scripture wondered about their ranking. Using the text, identify some of the apostles that Bonhoeffer mentioned and what they did to try to jockey for position in their respective fellowships. Then, compare their behavior to what people do in today's society (look up current events, especially in government, to see similar behavior) to jockey for position and advise whether, in your opinion, people's behavior has changed much through the centuries.

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