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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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Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.
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The exclusion of the weak and insignificant, the seemingly useless people, from a Christian community may actually mean the exclusion of Christ in the poor brother Christ is knocking at the door.
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The Christian needs another Christian who speaks God's word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged, for by himself he cannot help himself without belying the truth.
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One who loves his community destroys community one who loves its members builds community.
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Every call of Christ leads into death.
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God turns toward the very places from which humans turn away.
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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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In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
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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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All are called to be what in the reality of God they are already.
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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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The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.
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Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected... Suffering and being rejected are not the same.
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The consciousness of being borne up by a spiritual tradition that goes back for centuries gives one a feeling of confidence and security in the face of all passing strains and stresses.
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Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life
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Right speech comes out of silence and right silence comes out of speech.
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The heart clings to collected treasure. Stored-up possessions get between me and God. Where my treasure is, there is my trust, my security, my comfort, my God. Treasure means idolatry.
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Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.
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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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The first call which every Christian experiences is the call to abandon the attachments of this world.
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