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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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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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Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls another Christian in one’s community back from the path of sin.
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It is from God that parents receive their children, and it is to God that they should lead them.
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Every Christian community must realize that not only do the weak need the strong, but also that the strong cannot exist without the weak. The elimination of the weak is the death of fellowship.
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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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Jesus' call to bear the cross places all who follow him in the community of the forgiveness of sins. Forgiving sins is the Christ-suffering required of his disciples. It is required of all Christians.
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Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won where the way leads to the cross.
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If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word.
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A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings of God in the world.
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The first call which every Christian experiences is the call to abandon the attachments of this world.
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Politics are not the task of a Christian.
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How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things?
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Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events and we lay hold of a great hope.
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It matters little what form of prayer we adopt or how many words we use. What matters is the faith which lays hold on God, knowing that He knows our needs before we even ask Him. That is what gives Christian prayer its boundless confidence and its joyous certainty.
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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 wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.
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A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses.
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Through our daily meals He is calling us to rejoice, to keep holiday in the midst of our working day.
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It is not simply to be taken for granted that the Christian has the privilege of living among other Christians. Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. … 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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Ultimate seriousness in not without a dose of humor.
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