By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERCostly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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Advent creates people, new people.
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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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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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We 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.
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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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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.
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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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Grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.
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This is the end. For me the beginning of life.
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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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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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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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Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
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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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