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 BONHOEFFERThe 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.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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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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In the presence of a psychiatrist I can only be a sick man; in the presence of a Christian brother I can dare to be a sinner.
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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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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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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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A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.
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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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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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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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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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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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It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
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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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