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The Church is the Church only when it exists for others.

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 word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.
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The disciple simply burns his boats and goes ahead. He is called out... The old life is left behind, and completely surrendered. The disciple is dragged out of his relative security into a life of absolute insecurity... out of the realm of the finite...into the realm of infinite possibilities.
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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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Cheap grace is grace without discipleship.
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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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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It seems to me more important actually to share someones distress than to use smooth words about it.
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Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so marvelous, that we can transform death.
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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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Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.
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Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected.... Hoarding is idolatry.
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Faith without works is not faith at all, but a simple lack of obedience to God.
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God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises.
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The church ... is not just to bandage the victims under the wheel, but to put a spoke in the wheel itself.
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Consequently there is a need for spiritual vitality. What protection is there against the danger of organisation? Man is once more faced with the problem of himself. He can cope with every danger except the danger of human nature itself. In the last resort it all turns upon man.
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As brother stands by brother in distress, binding up his wounds and soothing his pain, so let us show our love towards our enemy. There is no deeper distress to be found in the world, no pain more bitter than our enemy's. Nowhere is service more necessary or more blessed than when we serve our enemies.
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The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering.
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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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Once again, Jesus calls those who follow him to share his passion.
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Politics are not the task of a Christian.
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