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A pastor should never complain about his congregation, certainly never to other people, but also not to God. A congregation has not been entrusted to him in order that he should become its accuser before God and men.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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The way to misuse our possessions is to use them as an insurance against the morrow. Anxiety is always directed to the morrow, whereas goods are in the strictest sense meant to be used only for to-day.
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Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected.... Hoarding is idolatry.
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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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The devil doesn't fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God.
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The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved in it, the more disastrous is his isolation.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.....We must not.....assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.
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It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can raise the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.
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Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life
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Whenever the Psalter is abandoned, an incomparable treasure is lost to the Christian church. With its recovery will come unexpected power.
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