There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERWe are torn out of our own existence and set down in the midst of the holy history of God on earth. There God dealt with us, and there he still deals with us, our needs and our sins, in judgment and grace.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.
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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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I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.
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Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in Jesus Christ.
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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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Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.
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Not everyone can wait: neither the sated nor the satisfied nor those without respect can wait. The only ones who can wait are people who carry restlessness around with them.
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One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.
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The 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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The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.
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Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
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