Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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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Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.
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The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on the contrary, its validation. One does not use canons to shoot sparrows.
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Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.
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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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Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
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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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In the presence of a psychiatrist I can only be a sick man; in the presence of a Christian brother I can dare to be a sinner.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.
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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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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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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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Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.
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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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Grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.
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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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