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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.
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Believe God Life Yourself
The fact that we do not speak it but sing it only expresses the fact that our spoken words are inadequate to express what we want to say, that the burden of our song goes far beyond all human words.
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Beyond Expression Human Ourselves Sing Talk
In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
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Deal Gratitude Greatness Hard Life Ordinary Receive Rich
No sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.
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Enemy Greatness Love Ourselves Sacrifice
One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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Act Worth
This is the end. For me the beginning of life.
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Beginning End Life Myself
When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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Death Man Spiritual
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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Alone Guilty Love People Reality Religious Responsibility
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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Enemy Faith History Love Ourselves War
Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
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Believe Character Himself
Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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Important Philosophy Time Value Worth
It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
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Lie Love Truth Worst
Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian’s life.
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Control Exercise Life
We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. We must not assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.
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God Ourselves Surrender
God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
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Emotional God Truth
Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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Ourselves People Quality Simplicity

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