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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?
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 deceit, the lie of the Devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word.
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A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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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 first call which every Christian experiences is the call to abandon the attachments of this world.
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Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls another Christian in one’s community back from the path of sin.
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A righteous person is one who lives for the next generation.
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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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What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men.
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