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The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross he waited until one of them turned to him.
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The responsible person seeks to make his whole life a response to the question and call of God.
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Cheap grace is grace without discipleship.
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It is not in our life that God's help and presence must still be proved, but rather God's presence and help have been demonstrated for us in the life of Jesus Christ. It is in fact more important for us to know what God did to Israel, to his Son Jesus Christ, than to seek what God intends for us today.
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There remains an experience of incomparable value . . . to see the great events of world history from below from the perspective of the outcast, the suspects, the maltreated, the powerless, the oppressed, the reviled ---- in short, from the perspective of those who suffer . . . to look with new eyes on matters great and small.
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We are so afraid of silence that we chase ourselves from one event to the next in order not to have to spend a moment alone with ourselves, in order not to have to look at ourselves in the mirror.
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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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Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace.
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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 entire day receives order and discipline when it acquires unity. This unity must be sought and found in morning prayer. The morning prayer determines the day.
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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 word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.
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The devil doesn't fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God.
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If Jesus Christ is not true God, how could he help us? If he is not true man, how could he help us?
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Once again, Jesus calls those who follow him to share his passion.
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It is only by living completely in this world that one learns to have faith.
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Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.
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So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going back home with the uncomfortable feeling that we are making it too difficult for them to come to Jesus.
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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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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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