One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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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Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.
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When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.
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Through our daily meals He is calling us to rejoice, to keep holiday in the midst of our working day.
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Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.
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Advent creates people, new people.
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Not to speak is to speak.
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Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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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.
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A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.
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Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.
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The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian’s life.
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Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
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