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300 - Battle of Thermopylae - XERXES and the IMMORTALS
Herodotus reports that Xerxes was mulling over how his opponents would react to his overwhelming invasion force. He did not expect to hear the opinion (scroll down 40%) of Demaratus, the exiled-Spartan king: Brave are all the Greeks who dwell in any Dorian land; but what I am about to say does not ...
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300 - Battle of Thermopylae - GORGO
In ancient Greece, where communication between spies and their home base took time, how did Sparta realize that Xerxes was launching an invasion? According to Herodotus, Demaratos sent a hidden message to his former city: The Lacedaemonians [Spartans] were the first of the Greeks to hear of the kin...
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Agent of Grace - STALKING A MADMAN
With their increasing "legal" authority, Nazis began direct attacks against Jews on Kristallnacht, "the Night of Broken Glass." Engineered by Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's troops began a virulent rampage against Jewish businesses and synagogues, on the evening of November 9, 1938, and continuing into th...
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Agent of Grace - STORY PREFACE
If your opponent has a conscience,then follow Ghandi and non-violence.But if your enemy has no conscience,like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer.Martin Luther King, Jr.(Attributed)   Author: Carole D. Bos, J.D.  
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Agent of Grace - ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF HITLER
Taken to Tegel Prison, Bonhoeffer began what would ultimately be the most prolific part of his life. Already a respected author, Cost of Discipleship became an apt title for his new life as a prisoner of the Third Reich. The central theme of that 1939 book - true Christians must do all they can to f...
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Agent of Grace - HITLER'S HORRORS WORSEN
Hitler charged Heinrich Himmler with carrying out the "Final Solution" - the Nazis' plan to rid Germany of all Jews and other political undesirables. A master of terror, Himmler was more than adept at carrying out his assignment. The "Final Solution," in part, included concentration camps that pract...
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Agent of Grace - AN UNLIKELY CHOICE
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his sister Sabine were born in Breslau, Germany on February 4, 1906. An extremely bright young man, he shocked his family when he decided to become a theologian. No Bonhoeffer had ever chosen the Christian church as a profession. Life in the beautiful town of Breslau, on the...
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Agent of Grace - A BUDDING INTELLECTUAL
Following in the footsteps of his parents, Bonhoeffer attended the best academic institutions in Germany. He received a doctorate, with honors, from the University of Berlin in 1927. During his time as a student, he devoured the writings of Karl Barth. A man of many talents, Bonhoeffer pastored a L...
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Agent of Grace - POLITICALLY INCORRECT HEROES
As scholars try to understand why organized churches did little to resist Hitler and his Third Reich, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the young Lutheran pastor, consistently stands apart. Not until the war was over, in the Stuttgarter Schuldbekenntnis ("Stuttgart Confession of Guilt") issued October 19, 1945 -...
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Agent of Grace - FINAL MONSTROUS ACTS
As Bonhoeffer's body hanged on a tree, American troops nearby already threatened the fatal blow to the Third Reich. As bodies burned in the camp oven, Bonhoeffer's killers saw the coming end of their unchecked brutality. They had one last monstrous act to supervise: They ordered Flossenburg prisoner...
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