Matthew Puffer

Bonhoeffer for the Church

Theology

“Read Bonhoeffer for the Church with your church community! Matthew Kirkpatrick maps the terrain of the biography, writings, and theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer like an expert travel guide, highlighting not only the major attractions but also points of interest off the beaten path. Bonhoeffer spent far more of his working life in the church than in the academy, and Kirkpatrick shows how and why Bonhoeffer's understanding of the church has made him among the most influential and compelling Christian witnesses of the twentieth century. Throughout, Bonhoeffer's personality and passion are brought to life through the events that animated and the ideas that informed his communally lived theology of responsibility, offering fresh vistas to the layperson, clergy, and scholar alike for our life together.”

Christ Is Time

Theology

“Edwards’s lyrical storytelling, passion for the wilderness, and penchant for discerning parables of the kingdom among a panoply of rock-and-roll legends combine for a fresh, chili-pepper-infused un-taming of modern theology. This is a theology in service of the community accompanied by musical reconsiderations of divine and human natures, trinity and election, church as event, the sacramentality of food, and the meaning of time. Rock on!”