(351)S14E1: Bonhoeffer's Dark Cloud: The Importance of Narrative

The Fourth Way

I explore the two narratives surrounding the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the implications that has for how we seek to emulate him.

0:00 - Preface
2:00 - Introduction
9:40 - History of Evangelicalism
14:15 - Evangelical Disengagement
20:15 - Evangelicals & Politics
25:25 - Spiritual Nihilism
31:15 - Imminent Jesus
35:20 - Bonhoeffer Narrative
39:25 - Why Narratives Matter
48:50 - Importance of Ideals
54:00 - Cloud of Witnesses
58:15 - Salvian Option
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GENERAL:

A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!

Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/

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My Reading List Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_Elliot

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CONSEQUENTIALISM/REALISM:

My Episode on Eudaimonism and the Good: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/280-s11e9-3-eudaimonism-a-foundation-of-would
My Season on Consequentialism: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/consequentialism-the-heart-of-compromise
"Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing" Kierkegaard: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125974.Purity_of_Heart_is_to_Will_One_Thing?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=7TgsHaNQ5I&rank=1
"On Lying" Augustine: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21112707-on-lying?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=mAAOYRAEY5&rank=1
"Ozymandias" Shelley: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias

"On the Government of God" Salvian: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49898521-on-the-government-of-god?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=liZiA4arxV&rank=3

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EVANGELICAL HISTORY:

"One Nation Under God" Kruse: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22928900-one-nation-under-god?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=8gFD4t6DNw&rank=1
"The Evangelicals" Fitzgerald: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30753872-the-evangelicals?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=5GmDrwdDSH&rank=1
"Ministers and Marches" Falwell: https://liberty.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17184coll4/id/4113/
"Bad Faith" Balmer: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56672921-bad-faith?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=htazQTK8wG&rank=2
My Interview with Dr. Balmer: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/interview-dr-randall-balmer
Balmer Article: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/
TGC Pushback on Balmer: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/evangelical-history/fact-checking-randall-balmers-urban-legend-on-the-real-origin-of-the-religious-right/
SBC Resolution on Abortion (from an archived link since the SBC took the site down when it got popular): https://web.archive.org/web/20180704054219/https://www.sbc.net/resolutions/13/resolution-on-abortion
My Interview with Dr. Kalantzis on American Evangelical Sacralism: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/272-s11e8-2-modern-sacralism-w-dr-george-kalantzis
Propaganda of Veteran's Day Episode: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/290-s11e9-12-the-death-of-peace
My Interview with Dr. Saiya on Evangelical Nationalism: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/274-s11e8-4-christianism-power-and-prophetic-witness-w-dr-nilay-saiya
"Nixonland" (and the rest of Perlstein's series): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2393575.Nixonland?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=UselLxDxCo&rank=1
My episode on the "Christian" response to the AIDS epidemic: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/257-s11e6-3-the-false-prophet-of-medicine-rage-against-the-mattachine
"Benedict Option" Dreher: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31625593-the-benedict-option?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=fzy1lsPfOp&rank=1

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METAXAS:
"Amazing Grace" Wilberforce Bio: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106610.Amazing_Grace?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=mPpOBRjBKS&rank=3
Bonhoeffer Bio: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7501962-bonhoeffer?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=sTzIKGN14l&rank=2
"Donald Drains the Swamp": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40680039-donald-drains-the-swamp?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=k3HqtmPgSp&rank=2

Prayer Breakfast: https://ericmetaxas.com/watch-read/videos/2012-national-prayer-breakfast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericmetaxas/?hl=en

"Eric Metaxas's American Apocalypse" Dreher: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/eric-metaxas-trump-bloodshed-american-apocalypse-live-not-by-lies/

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THE APOSTATES:

"Christianity No Longer Exists" Episode: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/275-s11e8-5-christianity-no-longer-exists-w-taylor-storey
"Attack Upon Christendom" Kierkegaard: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/352087.Attack_upon_Christendom?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=3dPqBYGCVl&rank=1
"Anatomy of a Hybrid" Verduin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1461694.The_anatomy_of_a_hybrid?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=osMnnWcKtf&rank=1
God Loves the Wicked Episode: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/finished-new-theodicy-god-loves-the-wicked
"The Immoral Majority": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36300678-the-immoral-majority?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=jcovcjsK42&rank=1
"The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55918687-the-way-of-the-dragon-or-the-way-of-the-lamb?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=mb3iLp75Ar&rank=1

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U.S.GLOBAL ACTIONS & HISTORY:

Iran Contra Affair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair

Reagan's 1980 October surprise: https://theintercept.com/2023/03/24/october-surprise-ben-barnes/
Green v Connolly: https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/court-documents/court-opinions-and-orders/schools-that-discriminate-not-qualified-for-...