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Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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Existence God Idol
The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
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Children Kind Leaving Moral World
Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.
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God Human Tears Word
Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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Funny Serious
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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Creation Destroy Dream Love Person
The worse the evil, the readier must the Christian be to suffer it; he must let the evil person fall into Jesus’ hands.
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Evil Hands Himself Suffering Worst
Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.
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Discipline God Man
May God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.
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God Himself Leadership Leaving Time
Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.
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Alone Himself Religion Worth
By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.
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Grace Judgement Ourselves
Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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Politics Power Responsibility
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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Appearance Myself Recognition Sin
A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
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Deep Faith Religion
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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God Ourselves Surrender
The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ.
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Alone Grace Man Religion Right
Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls another Christian in one’s community back from the path of sin.
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Compassionate Path Sin

Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.

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