• Life Together

  • The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community
  • By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • Narrated by: Paul Michael
  • Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (970 ratings)

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Life Together

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Narrated by: Paul Michael
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After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness in the hearts of Christians around the world. His became a prized testimony to Christian faith and courage, read by thousands.

Now, in Life Together, we have Pastor Bonhoeffer's experience of Christian community. This story of a unique fellowship in an underground seminary during the Nazi years reads like one of Paul's letters. It gives practical advice on how life together in Christ can be sustained in families and groups.

The role of personal prayer, worship in common, everyday work, and Christian service is treated in simple, almost biblical, words. Life Together is bread for all who are hungry for the real life of Christian fellowship.

©1978 Dietrich Bonhoeffer (P)2009 christianaudio.com

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Fantástico!!

Before this review, I listened to it twice and will listen again next week. This book is packed with so much Truth and Love. I found myself convicted on a few pages. Oh if the Church could lives as described in these pages, the souls we could when for the Kingdom of God. (John 13:34-35)

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More than we practice

What made the experience of listening to Life Together the most enjoyable?

Bonhoeffer demonstrates for me how our life together as "fellowship" and "church" is so different than the richness of what it could and can be.

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Some of the things about "Life Together" are particular to communal life, but the principles have a much broader application.

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Please read this book.

SERIOUSLY, PLEAAAAASE READ THIS BOOK. I HAVE NEVER READ A BOOK THAT SO ACCURATELY DESCRIBES CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.

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A Needed Read

I needed this renewal of faith and practice.
A well paced and performed production.

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Life Together creates a desire for community

Today many congregations have trouble worshipping together for an hour. In Life Together Bonhoeffer awakens a desire for Christian community beyond the Lord's day and a few meetings during the week. Life Together shares a desire for a full Life Together in Christ.

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Hardly A Setence not Helpful or Convicting

Bonhoeffer addresses many issues that are thoroughly Biblical yet missing in my own life and I imagine in the life other Christians as well. For example, his perceptive insights on brotherly confession were not only insightful on many levels but thoroughly pratical. I highly commend this short listen to any Christian.

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Some great thoughts from an inspiring Christian

Some interesting and simple thoughts by Bonhoeffer. There were some good nuggets in this short book about alien righteousness, the Psalms and how in them we find the praying Christ, and meditation. This work has really encouraged me to start again a morning devotional/time set a part for reading the word, singing, and prayer. He also had some interesting thoughts on singing and the idea of unity singing as a congregation. I fully agreed with him on the idea that our singing can turn into a work of self glorifying (my term) of sorts and that if we simply sing in unity it can be a form of corporate prayer.

I'll have to read this one again, maybe next year, to get more out of it as simple as it was. There were also some very good ideas for evening devotionals as a family.

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Deep and sound insights

I love hearing how these older Christians thought. They seem to have had a strong connection with the reality of the gospel of Christ

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A wealth of wisdom.

Bonhoeffer speaks to the Christian with a wealth of wisdom that can only come from walking with the Lord in His Word and through His Spirit.

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Solid book on Living together as Christians.

Great narration, good solid biblical advice for trying times. Will motivate you to become a better Christian.

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