This Advent season, I am reading a collection of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christmas sermons. In one, he reminds us that throughout the Bible, talk of the Lord’s coming struck fear in the hearts of the original hearers. The prophets spoke of the day of God’s arrival as a day of reckoning. This is why Bonhoeffer would write, “The coming of God is not only a message of joy, but also fearful news for anyone who has a consience.” Continue reading A Fearful Christmas?