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The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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While we exert ourselves to grow beyond our humanity, to leave the human behind us, God becomes human and we must recognize that God wills that we be human, real human beings. While we distinguish between pious and godless, good and evil, noble and base, God loves real people without distinction.
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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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The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one's life to a larger goal.
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When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.
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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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The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering.
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He who fears the face of God does not fear the face of man. He who fears the face of man does not fear the face of God.
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Politics are not the task of a Christian.
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It seems to me more important actually to share someones distress than to use smooth words about it.
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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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