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A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on the contrary, its validation. One does not use canons to shoot sparrows.
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Limitation Place Rejection Time
We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.
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Death Simplicity Wound
God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
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Emotional God Truth
May God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.
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God Himself Leadership Leaving Time
Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian’s life.
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Control Exercise Life
The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
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Children Deep Moral
Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.
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Action Death Love Man Old Reflection
The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.
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Divine Job
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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Action Responsibility
Through our daily meals He is calling us to rejoice, to keep holiday in the midst of our working day.
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Food Himself Ourselves
One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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Act Worth
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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Faith Greatness Learning Life Loyalty
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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Appearance Myself Recognition Sin
Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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Ourselves People Quality Simplicity
A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
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Deep Faith Religion
Any 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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Alone Himself Ourselves

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