The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise godfearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise godfearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ.
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The early morning belongs to the Church of the risen Christ. At the break of light it remembers the morning on which death and sin lay prostrate in defeat and new life and salvation were given to mankind.
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If my sinfulness appears to me in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all.
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Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.
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I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.
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It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.
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It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
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Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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The wars of Israel were the only ‘holy wars’ in history, there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. We must not assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.
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A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
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The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.
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The fact that we do not speak it but sing it only expresses the fact that our spoken words are inadequate to express what we want to say, that the burden of our song goes far beyond all human words.
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