Book Review: Life Together

I had to write a book digest for my Adult Small Groups class and decided I would go ahead and post it.  Part of the assignment was to come up with a guiding principle from each chapter.  These principles would be used by those starting small groups.

Bonhoeffer wrote this book while working at an underground seminary living with 25 students.  He is very systematic and prescriptive in this book.  He begins by looking at what Christian community is and is not.  He then moves on to discuss how the community is to fellowship at various points of the day.  Following this, he looks at how the individual is to go about their individual devotions which in turn will strengthen the community.  Bonhoeffer concludes the book by looking at the ministries that the community is to perform for one another and how confession and communion are to occur within the community.
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