Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERWho can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.
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A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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Not to speak is to speak.
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One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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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.
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Advent creates people, new people.
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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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In the presence of a psychiatrist I can only be a sick man; in the presence of a Christian brother I can dare to be a sinner.
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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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Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.
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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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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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May God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.
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Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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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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