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The readings over Bonhoeffer and the Confessing Church challenged my understanding of grace and murder. I was shocked that as steadfast Christians and instructors of the word Bonhoeffer and his co-conspirators were fine with the consequences of killing Adolf Hitler, even if that meant spending an eternity in hell, to save the millions being killed in the Nazi concentration camps. In the church I’ve learned the ten commandments and here at Abilene Christian University I’ve studied over Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Because of my studies, I know God says, “You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13, ESV) and Jesus says, “‘But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable
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