There is a wrong way of staying in the world and a wrong way of fleeing from it. In both cases we are fashioning ourselves according to the world.
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.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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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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Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.
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This is the end. For me the beginning of life.
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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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It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
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Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian’s life.
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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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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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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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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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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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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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