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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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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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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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In Jesus, the service of God and the service of the least of the brethren were one.
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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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When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.
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Every sermon must contain a certain shot of heresy.
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The life of discipleship is not the hero-worship we would pay to a good master, but obedience to the Son of God.
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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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It seems to me more important actually to share someones distress than to use smooth words about it.
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He who loves community destroys community he who loves the brethren builds community.
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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 righteous person is one who lives for the next generation.
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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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Man has learned to cope with all questions of importance without recourse to God as a working hypothesis.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.....We must not.....assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.
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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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Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic.
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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 gift of Christ is not the Christian religion, but the grace and love of God which culminate in the cross.
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Comfort the troubled, and trouble the comfortable.
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