One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERNot to speak is to speak.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERA God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERPolitical action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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Advent creates people, new people.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERAdvent creates people, new people.
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Grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERGrace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.
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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERTime is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERWhen Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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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.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThe 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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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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Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERAny 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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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.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERSo 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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The worse the evil, the readier must the Christian be to suffer it; he must let the evil person fall into Jesus’ hands.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThe worse the evil, the readier must the Christian be to suffer it; he must let the evil person fall into Jesus’ hands.
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If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don’t believe, take the first step all the same, for you are bidden to take it.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERIf you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don’t believe, take the first step all the same, for you are bidden to take it.
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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.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERJesus 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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Sanctification means that the Christians have been judged already, and that they are being preserved until the coming of Christ and are ever advancing towards it.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERSanctification means that the Christians have been judged already, and that they are being preserved until the coming of Christ and are ever advancing towards it.
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The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThe test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
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