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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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As brother stands by brother in distress, binding up his wounds and soothing his pain, so let us show our love towards our enemy. There is no deeper distress to be found in the world, no pain more bitter than our enemy's. Nowhere is service more necessary or more blessed than when we serve our 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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Christians have forgotten that the ministry of listening has been committed to them by Him who is Himself the great listener and whose work they should share. We should listen with the ears of God that we may speak the Word of God.
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The gift of Christ is not the Christian religion, but the grace and love of God which culminate in the cross.
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Certainly one must try everything, but only to become more certain what God's way is.
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Once a man has truly experienced the mercy of God in his life he will henceforth aspire only to serve.
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Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.
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A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really stands in their place. He is not an isolated individual, but incorporates the selves of several people in his own self.
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Who among us will celebrate Christmas correctly? Whoever finally lays down all power, l honor, all reputation, all vanity, all arrogance, all individualism beside the manger whoever remains lowly and lets God alone be high whoever looks at the child in the manger and sees the glory of God precisely in his lowliness.
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It is only by living completely in this world that one learns to have faith.
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A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a rather strange kingdom.
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Where a people prays, there is the church and where the church is there is never loneliness.
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Only the believer obeys — obedience follows faith, the way good fruit comes from a good tree. Only the obedient believe.
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If Jesus Christ is not true God, how could he help us? If he is not true man, how could he help us?
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Being free means being free for the other, because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free
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A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.
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The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists of listening to them. Just as love of God begins with listening to his word, so the beginning of love for our brothers and sisters is learning to listen to them.
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