Eberhard Arnold Archives

Eberhard Arnold (1883 – 1935) was a German pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and co-founder of the Bruderhof.

[Eberhard Arnold Archives @eberhard_arnold]

Check out this eleven-part series that we've just published on Eberhard Arnold's book Inner Land. It can be read alongside the book as a reader's guide, or as a standalone introduction. @CameronCoombe3

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Congratulations to Sam Tomlin for this important contribution to Salvation Army and Bruderhof history. Sam explores interactions between the two groups, such as the influence of the SA on Arnold, as well as spiritual convergences and divergences.

[Sam Tomlin @samjtomlin]

Pleased to have my first peer-reviewed article published - looking at the historical & spiritual links between the Salvation Army, @eberhard_arnold & @TheBruderhof in the Journal of Ecclesiastical History - out today.

https://t.co/KvZvy2XBDB

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The Jesus of the Four Gospels

We live in an age where it seems Jesus has become almost unknown or his words distorted and disfigured, his work weakened. All the more, we must rediscover this Jesus and hold him up before all the world.

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[Eberhard Arnold Archives @eberhard_arnold]

The Jesus of the Four Gospels

We live in an age where it seems Jesus has become almost unknown or his words distorted and disfigured, his work weakened. All the more, we must rediscover this Jesus and hold him up before all the world.

https://t.co/xF2bqU9A4z

[Eberhard Arnold Archives @eberhard_arnold]

The Greatest of All Things

Everyone longs for the happiness of love, and we can feel this when we encounter Christ, who radiates love.

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"If the joy of our deepest unity fills our hearts, we will not be afraid of anyone. The reverence of perfect love drives out fear of people. Whoever fears God fears no one. And perfect love drives out fear."

Image: Munch, Bay with Boat and House, 1881, cropped.

[Eberhard Arnold Archives @eberhard_arnold]

"If the joy of our deepest unity fills our hearts, we will not be afraid of anyone. The reverence of perfect love drives out fear of people. Whoever fears God fears no one. And perfect love drives out fear."

Image: Munch, Bay with Boat and House, 1881, cropped.

[Eberhard Arnold Archives @eberhard_arnold]

The Greatest of All Things

Everyone longs for the happiness of love, and we can feel this when we encounter Christ, who radiates love.

https://t.co/f6DlhGCgMC

[Eberhard Arnold Archives @eberhard_arnold]

The Danger of Prayer

Eberhard Arnold describes the kind of prayer that pleases God, and he challenges us to rediscover the prayer that can change our lives and our world.

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The Danger of Prayer

Eberhard Arnold describes the kind of prayer that pleases God, and he challenges us to rediscover the prayer that can change our lives and our world.

https://t.co/jhPptA1Hik

[Eberhard Arnold Archives @eberhard_arnold]

Inwardness in a Distracted Age

What is Christianity’s answer when civilization is falling apart? The most effective way to resist evil starts with becoming quiet before God. But it doesn’t stop there.

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Inwardness in a Distracted Age

What is Christianity’s answer when civilization is falling apart? The most effective way to resist evil starts with becoming quiet before God. But it doesn’t stop there.

https://t.co/ECB5TVvOXt

[Eberhard Arnold Archives @eberhard_arnold]

Eberhard Arnold on Youth and Religion

Excerpts from a 1919 publication titled The Religious Sentiment of Today’s Youth.

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"God himself was the only one able to restore himself and his lost image to us. He did this in Jesus Christ. ... In him, it became clear again what God’s will and Spirit is."

Image: Gauguin, Christ on the Mount of Olives, 1889, cropped.