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The worse the evil, the readier must the Christian be to suffer it; he must let the evil person fall into Jesus’ hands.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.
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Achievement Easy Gratitude Hard Help Important Life Rich
We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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God Ourselves
The early morning belongs to the Church of the risen Christ. At the break of light it remembers the morning on which death and sin lay prostrate in defeat and new life and salvation were given to mankind.
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Break Death Defeat Human Life Light Morning Remember Rise Sin
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
One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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Act Worth
Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
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Believe Character Himself
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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Appearance Myself Person Possible Recognition Serious Sin Worst
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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Evil Mindset Person Philosophy Time Tools
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
Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.
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Believe God Life Yourself
The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.
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Creation Destroy Dream Love Person
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
A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
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Deep Faith Religion
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
Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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Important Philosophy Time Value Worth
There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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Journey Travel

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