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The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love.
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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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God is not free from human beings but for them.
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The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance and, because it has been paid, everything can be had for nothing.
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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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There is no way to peace along the way to safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture.
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The Church is the Church only when it exists for others.
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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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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Whenever the Psalter is abandoned, an incomparable treasure is lost to the Christian church. With its recovery will come unexpected power.
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The gift of Christ is not the Christian religion, but the grace and love of God which culminate in the cross.
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I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.
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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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Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.
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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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God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
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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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Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
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Faith without works is not faith at all, but a simple lack of obedience to God.
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The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old but a life of uncompromising discipleship, following Christ according to the sermon on the mount. I believe the time has come to gather people together to do this.
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