While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERTime is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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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.
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The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ.
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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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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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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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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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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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Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in Jesus Christ.
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.
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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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I wonder why it is that we find some days so much more oppressive than others, for no apparent reason. Is it growing pains – or spiritual trial? Once they’re over, the world looks quite a different place again.
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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