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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.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
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Desire Himself Oneself Person
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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Alone Grace Man Religion Right
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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Gift Grace Man
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
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
There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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Journey Travel
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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Dare Man Mental Myself Presence Sick Sin
One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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Act Worth
Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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Ourselves People Quality Simplicity
It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.
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Love Marriage Yourself
The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.
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Divine Job
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
The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
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Children Kind Leaving Moral World
The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.
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Defeat Enemy Expression God Law Love Man Willing
A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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Existence God Idol

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