So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going back home with the uncomfortable feeling that we are making it too difficult for them to come to Jesus.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERChristianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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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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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task.
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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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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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Not to speak is to speak.
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One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
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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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Advent creates people, new people.
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Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.
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Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in Jesus Christ.
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Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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