Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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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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Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.
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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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Having thus become a mindless tool, the stupid person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil.
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The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise godfearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ.
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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.
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Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian’s life.
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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 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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If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all. How can I possibly serve another person in unfeigned humility if I seriously regard his sinfulness as worse than my own?
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Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.
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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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Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
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One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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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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