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Being free means being free for the other, because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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Action Responsibility
Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
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Believe Character Himself
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
When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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Death Man Spiritual
If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don’t believe, take the first step all the same, for you are bidden to take it.
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Believe Hope Religious Yourself
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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Hate Himself Myself Prayer
Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in Jesus Christ.
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God Man Religious
We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.
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Death Simplicity Wound
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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Enemy Faith History Love Ourselves War
There is a wrong way of staying in the world and a wrong way of fleeing from it. In both cases we are fashioning ourselves according to the world.
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Fashion Ourselves Stay World Wrong
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
The truth of the matter is that the whole world has already been turned upside down by the work of Jesus Christ.
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Religious Truth World
Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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Politics Power Responsibility
Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ himself.
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Existence Himself Justice Myself Peace Worth
There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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Journey Travel
One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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Act Worth

Being free means being free for the other, because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free.

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