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Man seeks, in his manhood, not orders, not laws and peremptory dogmas, but counsel from one who is earnest in goodness and faithful in friendship, making man free.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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It matters little what form of prayer we adopt or how many words we use. What matters is the faith which lays hold on God, knowing that He knows our needs before we even ask Him. That is what gives Christian prayer its boundless confidence and its joyous certainty.
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The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come.
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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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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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While we exert ourselves to grow beyond our humanity, to leave the human behind us, God becomes human and we must recognize that God wills that we be human, real human beings. While we distinguish between pious and godless, good and evil, noble and base, God loves real people without distinction.
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The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies
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Christians have forgotten that the ministry of listening has been committed to them by Him who is Himself the great listener and whose work they should share. We should listen with the ears of God that we may speak the Word of God.
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Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be and on the other hand, desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer.Lack of desire is poverty.
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A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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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?
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God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises.
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Where a people prays, there is the church and where the church is there is never loneliness.
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time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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