Eberhard Arnold

Eberhard Arnold

Like thousands of young Germans in the 1920s, Eberhard Arnold and his wife Emmy were disillusioned by the failure of the establishment – especially the churches – to provide answers to the problems of society in the turbulent years following World War I. In their seeking, they were influenced by the German Youth Movement (in which Eberhard was a nationally-known participant), the German pastor Johann Christoph Blumhardt and his son Christoph Friedrich, the sixteenth-century Anabaptists, and, most significantly, the early Christians.

Free Ebooks by Eberhard Arnold

A Testimony to Church Community: The Life and Writings of Eberhard Arnold

A Testimony to Church Community

By Eberhard Arnold

A concise, readable introduction to the life and writings of a man who, in his search for Christ, spent his life turning conventional Christianity on its head.

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Eberhard Arnold: Selected Writings

Eberhard Arnold

By Eberhard Arnold

If you've never read any of Eberhard Arnold's writings before, this collection may be the best place to start. For those already familiar with the author, this ebook might be described as the Portable Arnold - a collection of the strongest and best…

The Individual and World Need

The Individual and World Need

By Eberhard Arnold

Timeless yet as timely as ever, this short ebook explores the relationship of the individual to world suffering and points clearly to a solution. Now available as a .prc and .epub file for your Kindle or Nook, as well as a .pdf.

Love Letters of Eberhard and Emmy Arnold

Love Letters

By Eberhard Arnold and Emmy von Hollander

They were passionately in love, yet they rejected romance as the basis of their relationship, building instead on the promise of Jesus' words, "Seek first the kingdom of God." Circumstance (and scandalised parents) kept them separated for most of…

Poems and Rhymed Prayers by Eberhard Arnold

Poems and Rhymed Prayers

By Eberhard Arnold

Eberhard Arnold published most of his essays during his lifetime, but almost none of his poems. It might have been shyness: many are love poems, and others reveal private struggles. All of them open a window on a man's inmost thoughts, and show him…

The Prayer God Answers

The Prayer God Answers

By Eberhard Arnold

In this free ebook, Eberhard Arnold describes the kind of prayer that pleases God, and challenges us to rediscover the prayer that has the power to transform our lives and our world.

Articles by Eberhard Arnold

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Big and Small Obstacles to Living in Community

By Eberhard Arnold

If everybody wants to be in the right, or even if only one person wants to be in the right, it is impossible to live in community.

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The Kingdom is Coming!

By Eberhard Arnold

Our expectation of the kingdom cannot be a passive waiting, a sweet, soft occupation with ourselves and our like-minded friends.

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Living in Community

By Eberhard Arnold

An article on living in Christian community by Eberhard Arnold, the founder of the Bruderhof.

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The Message of the Early Church

By Eberhard Arnold

An excerpt by Eberhard Arnold from the introduction to his book - The Early Christians In Their Own Words.

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Gotta Serve Somebody

By Eberhard Arnold

No one can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

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A Deeper Happiness

By Eberhard Arnold

What do the beatitudes teach us about the path to happiness for the people of the kingdom? It is not the happiness of satiety; it is not the pleasure of gratified desire. Read a short excerpt from a book by Eberhard Arnold on the Sermon on the Mount.

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