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 BONHOEFFERNo sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.
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 false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
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The world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.
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No sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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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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Not to speak is to speak.
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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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Our eyes are at fault, that is all. God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment.
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A pastor should never complain about his congregation, certainly never to other people, but also not to God. A congregation has not been entrusted to him in order that he should become its accuser before God and men.
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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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The truth of the matter is that the whole world has already been turned upside down by the work of Jesus Christ.
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We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
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Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.
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Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.
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