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A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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God comes into the very midst of evil and of death, and judges the evil in us and in the world. And by judging us, he cleanses and sanctifies us, comes to us with his grace and love. He makes us happy as only children can be happy.
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The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God.
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One who loves his community destroys community one who loves its members builds community.
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Thus the call to follow Christ always means a call to share the work of forgiving men their sins. Forgiveness is the Christlike suffering which it is the Christian's duty to bear.
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So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work.
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The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies
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A person who loves community tends to destroy it. But a person who loves people creates community wherever he goes.
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The responsible person seeks to make his whole life a response to the question and call of God.
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The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior must be determined not by the way others treat him, but by the treatment he himself receives from Jesus it has only one source, and that is the will of Jesus.
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