Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERChristianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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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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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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Grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.
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If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all. How can I possibly serve another person in unfeigned humility if I seriously regard his sinfulness as worse than my own?
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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going back home with the uncomfortable feeling that we are making it too difficult for them to come to Jesus.
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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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The Church is the Church only when it exists for others, not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.
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When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.
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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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Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
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Through our daily meals He is calling us to rejoice, to keep holiday in the midst of our working day.
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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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The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.
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Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.
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