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.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERIf 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?
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.
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It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.
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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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Being free means being free for the other, because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free.
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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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God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
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[Christ] is the Mediator, not only between God and man, but between man and man, between man and reality.
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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 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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We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.
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Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.
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Having thus become a mindless tool, the stupid person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil.
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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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Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian’s life.
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A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.
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