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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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Certainly one must try everything, but only to become more certain what God's way is.
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And if we ask how are we to know where our hearts are, the answer is just as simple - everything which hinders us from loving God above all things and acts as a barrier between ourselves and our obedience to Jesus is our treasure, and the place where our heart is.
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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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We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
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All are called to be what in the reality of God they are already.
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It is a blessed thing to know that no power on earth, no temptation, no human frailty can dissolve what God holds together.
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Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love.
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God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
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The future of modern society depends much more on the quiet heroism of the very few who are inspired by God. These few will greatly enjoy the divine inspiration and will be prepared to stand for the dignity of Man and true freedom and to keep the Law of God, even of it means martyrdom or death.
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Cheap grace is the idea that grace did it all for me so I do not need to change my lifestyle. The believer who accepts the idea of cheap grace thinks he can continue to live like the rest of the world. Instead of following Christ in a radical way, the Christian lost in cheap grace thinks he can simply enjoy the consolations of his grace.
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Faith without works is not faith at all, but a simple lack of obedience to God.
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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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May God in His mercy lead us through these times but above all, may He lead us to Himself.
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The devil doesn't fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God.
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He who loves community destroys community he who loves the brethren builds community.
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the world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so marvelous, that we can transform death.
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A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.
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