Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERNo sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.
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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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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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The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on the contrary, its validation. One does not use canons to shoot sparrows.
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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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The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
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Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
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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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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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Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian’s life.
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Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.
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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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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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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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Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.
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