"Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me."
~Psalm 119:132-133
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945) was a major writer and thinker in Germany between the wars. His books of theology are still read and as influential among contemporary evangelical believers as the work of C.S. Lewis and Billy Graham. In 1939 he refused to take the loyalty oath to Adolf Hitler. Shortly after that he was invited to participate in a plot to assassinate Hitler. He was eventually caught, imprisoned, and executed. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Prison Poems
"When I was in prison, no writings encouraged me more than Bonhoeffer's" - Chuck Colson
Further reading - Dietrich Bonhoeffer A Biography - Eberhard Bethge
