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If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word.
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 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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The time is short. Eternity is long. It is the time of decision.
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The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering.
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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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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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Ultimate seriousness in not without a dose of humor.
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A righteous person is one who lives for the next generation.
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What we are in ourselves, and what we owe to others makes us a complete whole.
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Wherever there are sinners, the weak, the sorrowful, the poor in the world, that is where God goes.
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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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Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life.
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Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
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So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make him aggressive. A fool must therefore be treated more cautiously than a scoundrel.
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A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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Comfort the troubled, and trouble the comfortable.
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The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies
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