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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. According to Bonhoeffer's statements, what does meditation promise as a result of seeking God?

2. What, according to Bonhoeffer, should be a primary concern in personal intercession?

3. How did Bonhoeffer compare the ministry of listening to speaking?

4. Besides being a complete action in itself, what did Bonhoeffer say that confession is a preparatory step for?

5. The ministry that requires that one think highly of others and little of oneself to serve them is the ministry of:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. While discussing the various ministries, Bonhoeffer states once again that all members of a community experience sin. What did he specifically say, while discussing the ministry of bearing, about bearing with another in sin?

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

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

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

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

8. Likewise, how does Bonhoeffer describe personal prayer in Chapter 3?

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

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

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 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 3

Spirituals, as described in the Introduction, were songs that African Americans sang to each other during the dark days of their enslavement in pre-Civil War America. That Bonhoeffer became so fascinated by this genre of music, as his homeland slipped into servitude to the Nazis, is ironic. Explain the irony in the situation of Bonhoeffer's interest in slave spirituals during this time.

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