Dietrich Bonhoeffer on god
Dietrich Bonhoeffer93 quotes“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.”
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer 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.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer 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.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer There can be no real attachment to the given creation, no genuine responsibility in the world, unless we recognize the breach which already separates us from it.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer The worse the evil, the readier must the Christian be to suffer it; he must let the evil person fall into Jesus’ hands.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer 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.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in Jesus Christ.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer 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.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
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Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi There Is No God. This negation must be understood solely to affect a creative Deity. The hypothesis of a pervading Spirit co-eternal with the universe remains unshaken.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley God didn’t have time to create a nobody, just a somebody. I believe that each of us has God given talents within us waiting to be brought to fruition. Each person is unique and special.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash If God’s people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be – it must be – compassion.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll Make a plan now to keep a daily appointment with God. The enemy is going to tell you to set it aside, but you must carve out the time. If you’re too busy to meet with the Lord, friend, then you are simply too busy
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