Feb 02, 2012
Today I spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in Wash, DC. During my speech I gave the President a copy of my Bonhoeffer book… Here’s the article from WORLD.
For the FULL VIDEO, click here!!
Please watch it! My talk begins 35 mins in and ends with me leading the 3,500 assembled in singing “Amazing Grace”. No kidding.
Guess who took this photo below? None other than VP Joseph P. Biden! I wonder how many photos there are of U.S. President’s taken by U. S. Vice Presidents?
Jan 29, 2012
Recently I was in Basel, Switzerland where I visited the Karl Barth home and had the privilege of reading and touching the letters Bonhoeffer wrote to Barth. I spoke at a church in Riehen and at the chapel at St. Chrischona.
I then traveled to Wiesbaden, where I met the sons of two heroes of the German resistance: the son of Fabian von Schlabrendorf, who planted the bomb on Hitler’s plane; and the son of Paul von Hase, Bonhoeffer’s uncle, who was the military Commandant over Berlin. Both figure prominently in my book. I next traveled to Stuttgart, where I met Bill Hybels, who interviewed me in front of 8,000 German-speaking Christians at a Willow Creek conference, and who said the book was “one of the ten most important books” he had ever read. The photo shows me in front of my publisher, SCM Haenssler’s booth there, still stunned by Hybel’s statement, and also by being on a poster with Gordon MacDonald and Andy Stanley! I also met the great-great grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm, who is a Lutheran pastor in Germany! Later I met the German translator of my book, Friedemann Lux, and Prof. Rainer Mayer, the Bonhoeffer scholar who oversaw the book’s publication in Germany. Das war aber eine Reise!
Jan 07, 2012
I was recently on a great Canadian tv show called “It’s a New Day”… For my interview on Bonhoeffer, click here. For the interview on Socrates in the City, click here.
Jan 01, 2012
It happened again the other day. I was reading the NY Times and I came across something so hilarious it had to be some kind of joke. But this was in an obituary. [To keep reading, click here.]
Oct 06, 2011
Before you buy it, read this interview! To get a copy click here!! It contains eleven fab talks by Os Guinness, Sir John Polkinghorne, Peter Kreeft, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, Chuck Colson, Dr. Paul Vitz, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Francis Collins, N.T. Wright, and Yours Truly. It also has all of my wacky introductions. I am really VERY excited about this book! By the way, here’s a terrific review that just came out! Click here.
Sep 23, 2011
I was just in Germany for the launch of SCM Haenssler’s German edition of the Bonhoeffer book. The book is gorgeous and the initial press has been terrific. For the ProMedien article, click here. To see the AufAtmen blogpost, click here. For the SCM Haenssler website, click here. And to ORDER a copy, bitte clicken sie hier!
Sep 17, 2011
Eighteen months after publication, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy has hit #1 on the NY Times bestseller list! To see the list click here! My sincerest thanks to all of you who have read the book and recommended it to your friends!
Sep 05, 2011
DOES GOD WANT US TO CHANGE THE WORLD? And if so, how? If you’re in a hurry, let me cut to the chase: a.) yes – and b.) by doing what the Clapham Circle did: proving their faith through works, mostly among the poor and powerless, and working among the rich and powerful. There’s a little more to it, but if you must run, there’s the nuance-free answer which, like a sack lunch, you may take with you. If you can stay, I’ll begin by telling you about the night talkshow host Dick Cavett and I went to see Mickey Rooney perform. This is not a joke. [To continue click here. To download this essay as a pdf file, click here.]
Jul 06, 2011
To see my Glenn Beck interview, click here. For Part 2 click here. For the transcript, click here. To read two chapters from the book, click here. And for the NPR interview, click here!
Jul 04, 2011
The morning after the Superbowl, I had the honor of spending an hour talking with former President George W. Bush. He and the First Lady have read Bonhoeffer and now I’m reading his book.
