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God turns toward the very places from which humans turn away.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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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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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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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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Politics are not the task of a Christian.
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If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word.
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Certainly one must try everything, but only to become more certain what God's way is.
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It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
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The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.
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When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.
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Christians have forgotten that the ministry of listening has been committed to them by Him who is Himself the great listener and whose work they should share. We should listen with the ears of God that we may speak the Word of God.
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The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the poor and needy. The clergy should live solely on the freewill offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling.
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The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.
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A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.
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By his willingly renouncing self-defence, the Christian affirms his absolute adherence to Jesus, and his freedom from the tyranny of his own ego. The exclusiveness of this adherence is the only power which can overcome evil.
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The fearful danger of the present time is that above the cry for authority, we forget that man stands alone before the ultimate authority, and that anyone who lays violent hands on man here, is infringing eternal laws, and taking upon himself superhuman authority, which will eventually crush him.
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All are called to be what in the reality of God they are already.
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Whenever Christ calls us, His call leads us to death.
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Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of serious reflection upon them.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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