We are torn out of our own existence and set down in the midst of the holy history of God on earth. There God dealt with us, and there he still deals with us, our needs and our sins, in judgment and grace.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFEROne act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.
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A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes – and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.
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Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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No sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.
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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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May God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.
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Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
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Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.
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Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
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Sanctification means that the Christians have been judged already, and that they are being preserved until the coming of Christ and are ever advancing towards it.
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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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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.
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