Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER[Christ] is the Mediator, not only between God and man, but between man and man, between man and reality.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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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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Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.
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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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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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Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in 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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Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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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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A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes – and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.
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Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.
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While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task.
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Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.
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Not to speak is to speak.
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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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