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If any want to become my foll...

If any want to become my followers," Jesus says. Following him is not something that is self-evident, even among the disciples. No one can be forced, no one can be expected to follow him. ... "If any want to follow me, they must deny themselves ... and take up their cross.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 481 quotes

Every wedding must be an occa...

Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life's journey.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 481 quotes

It is a dangerous error, sure...

It is a dangerous error, surely very widespread among Christians, to think that the heart can pray by itself.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 481 quotes

The Church is her true self o...

The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the poor and needy. The clergy should live solely on the freewill offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling.

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The deceit, the lie of the de...

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. Thus he dangles before man's fantasy a kingdom of faith, of power, and of peace, into which only he can enter who consents to the temptations; and conceals from men that he, as the devil, is the most unfortunate and unhappy of beings, since he is finally and eternally rejected by God.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 481 quotes

Jesus Christ has to suffer an...

Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected... Suffering and being rejected are not the same.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 481 quotes

The Christian life is partici...

The Christian life is participation in the encounter of Christ with the world.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 481 quotes

The essence of chastity is no...

The essence of chastity is not the suppression of lust, but the total orientation of one's life towards a goal. Without such a goal, chastity is bound to become ridiculous. Chastity is the sine qua non of lucidity and concentration.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 481 quotes

As Christ bore and received u...

As Christ bore and received us as sinners so we in his fellowship may bear and receive sinners into the fellowship of Christ through the forgiving of sins.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 481 quotes

Those who love their dream of...

Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their personal intentions may be ever so honest, earnest, and sacrificial.

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Many Christians are unthinkab...

Many Christians are unthinkably horrified when a real sinner is suddenly discovered among the righteous. So we remain alone with our sin, living in lies and hypocrisy...He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone.

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It is much easier for me to i...

It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 481 quotes

God is in the manger, wealth ...

God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment. No evil can befall us; whatever men may do to us, they cannot but serve the God who is secretly revealed as love and rules the world and our lives.

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The more deeply we grow into ...

The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become.

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The Incarnation is the ultima...

The Incarnation is the ultimate reason why the service of God cannot be divorced from the service of man.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 481 quotes

How wrong it is to use God as...

How wrong it is to use God as a stop-gap for the incompleteness of our knowledge. . . . We are to find God in what we know, not in what we don't know; God wants us to realize his presence, not in unsolved problems but in those that are solved. . . . God is no stop-gap; he must be recognized as the center of life, not when we are at the end of our resources.

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Death reveals that the world ...

Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is the conquering of death.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 481 quotes

The cross is not the terrible...

The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise God-fearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ. When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

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In the first place, the churc...

In the first place, the church can ask the state whether its actions are legitimate and in accordance with its character as state, i.e., it can throw the state back on its responsibilities. Secondly, it can aid the victims of state action. The church has an unconditional obligation to the victims of any ordering of society, even if they do not belong to the Christian community. The third possibility is not just to bandage the victims under the wheel, but to put a spoke in the wheel itself.

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Jesus' commandment never wish...

Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.

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