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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.
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God Human Tears Word
When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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Death Man Spiritual
Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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Ourselves People Quality Simplicity
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
It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
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Lie Love Truth Worst
A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
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Deep Faith Religion
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
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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Beyond Expression Human Ourselves Sing Talk
Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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Funny Serious
A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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Existence God Idol
One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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Act Worth
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
Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.
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Alone Himself Religion Worth
Advent creates people, new people.
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Creation One Liner People
How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe.
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Believe Community Expectation
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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Learning Light People Suffering

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