Moving Beyond Church Idealism: Bonhoeffer on the Gift of Disillusionment with the Church

In my sermon this past weekend, "A Crash Course in Church Growth," I paraphrased some thoughts from Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Life Together about how disillusionment in the church is a gift from God. I mentioned the need to give thanks for the gift of disillusionment with the church that God gives to us. Here are …