We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERChristianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.
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Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.
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Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls another Christian in one’s community back from the path of sin.
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Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
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There can be no real attachment to the given creation, no genuine responsibility in the world, unless we recognize the breach which already separates us from it.
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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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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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It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
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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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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe.
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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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