The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERGrace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.
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My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.
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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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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.
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Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ 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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Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
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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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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.
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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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[Christ] is the Mediator, not only between God and man, but between man and man, between man and reality.
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Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.
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If my sinfulness appears to me in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all.
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Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
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