A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThe fact that we do not speak it but sing it only expresses the fact that our spoken words are inadequate to express what we want to say, that the burden of our song goes far beyond all human words.
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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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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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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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No sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.
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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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Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
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Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
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The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.
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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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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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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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Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.
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Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.
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Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.
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Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.
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