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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

What was Eric Metaxas’s role in the new Bonhoeffer film?

John Fea   |  December 10, 2024

There has been a lot of confusion on the relationship between MAGA evangelical Eric Metaxas and the film Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin. Warren Throckmorton scored an interview with the film’s director, Todd Kormanicki. Here is a taste of Throckmorton’s Substack […]

Using Bonhoeffer

John Fea   |  December 6, 2024

Over at First Things, Joel Looper, the author of a book on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, reviews the movie Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. A taste: Bonhoeffer was a towering figure of twentieth-century theology whose courage, leadership in the Confessing Church, and ultimate […]

Eric Metaxas apologizes to the Bonhoeffer family…sort of

John Fea   |  December 4, 2024

Warren Throckmorton is following this story closely. Here is a taste of his latest: Today, Eric Metaxas offered a guarded apology for his slanderous remarks about the relatives of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. During an interview with Glenn Beck on November 23, Metaxas said 86 of […]

Interview: John McCabe on Dietrich Bonhoeffer–The Last Eight Days

Nadya Williams   |  December 2, 2024

John McCabe’s new book focuses on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s final eight days.

The Bonhoeffer family is considering legal action against Eric Metaxas

John Fea   |  November 26, 2024

Back in October we published a post titled “Bonhoeffer family to Eric Metaxas: “We are horrified to see how the legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is…being distorted and misused…” The post included two open letters criticizing Christian Right pundit Eric Metaxas’s […]

Bonhoeffer family to Eric Metaxas: “We are horrified to see how the legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is…being distorted and misused…”

John Fea   |  October 20, 2024

Eric Metaxas’s use of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s legacy has caught the attention of the Bonhoeffer family. We’ve covered Metaxas’s misuse of Bonhoeffer here: Charles Marsh unleashes a devastating assault on court evangelical Eric Metaxas’s misuse of Bonhoeffer as it relates to […]

Eric Metaxas on why ministers who don’t preach politics, and Christians who attend their churches, are under judgment

John Fea   |  July 9, 2024

Billy Hallowell interviews Eric Metaxas on Christians and politics. Watch: OK, let’s break this down: 00:50: I think Metaxas really believes he is a prophet from God. He seems to know the will of the God. This makes sense, because […]

Eric Metaxas believes Rick Warren, Tim Keller, and Andy Stanley are “Hitler’s favorite kind of pastors”

John Fea   |  October 31, 2022

Eric Metaxas is hawking a book that condemns evangelicals for failing to stand-up to Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. He compares Biden and the Democrats to Adolph Hitler and the Nazis in the 1930s and is using his widely […]