Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERFruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.
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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
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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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Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends.
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The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.
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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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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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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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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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Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian’s life.
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It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.
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There can be no real attachment to the given creation, no genuine responsibility in the world, unless we recognize the breach which already separates us from it.
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