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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.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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When a man really gives up trying to make something out of himself - a saint, or a converted sinner, or a churchman (a so-called clerical somebody), a righteous or unrighteous man,...and throws himself into the arms of God...then he wakes with Christ in Gethsemane. That is faith, that is metanoia and it is thus that he becomes a man and Christian.
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If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word.
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A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.
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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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We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
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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 wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.
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