A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThe 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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Grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.
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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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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes – and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.
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It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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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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A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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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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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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It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.
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Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.
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Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian’s life.
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