Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes - Page 9

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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.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Crush, Men, Hands

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• What we are in ourselves, and what we owe to others makes us a complete whole.

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  Whole

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• So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going back home with the uncomfortable feeling that we are making it too difficult for them to come to Jesus.

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  Jesus, Home, Uncomfortable Feeling

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before and no more the road which is too hard for us. Once more, all that self-denial can say is, 'He leads the way, keep close to Him.'

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  Self, Denial, Asceticism

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.43, SCM Press

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• He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community.

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  Community, Brethren

  "From Brokenness to Community". Book by Jean Vanier, 1992, 1992.

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• There is no kindness more cruel than the kindness which consigns another person to their sin.

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  Kindness, Religion, Sin

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• 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.

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  Jesus, Self, Followers

  "Discipleship". Book by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, p. 85, 1937.

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• The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete petition. The right way to approach God is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.

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  Christian, Prayer, Children

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.111, SCM Press

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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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  Faith, Inspiration, Insecurity

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• You can only learn what obedience is by obeying

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  Obedience, Obeying

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.34, SCM Press

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• The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ.

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  Men, Grace, Justified

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.10, SCM Press

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• If you want my goodness to stay with you then serve your neighbour, for in him God comes to you himself; such a man sees in his neighbour the material and spiritual need he is called to meet.

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  Want, Neighbor, Goodness

  "Selected Writings".

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• Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all he has. It is the pearl of great price to by which the merchant will sell all his goods.

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  Men, Grace, Treasure

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.4, SCM Press

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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.

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  Men, Order, Law

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Johann Christoph Hampe (1977). “Prayers from prison: prayers and poems”, Not Avail

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• There is no way to peace along the way to safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture.

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  Safety, Venture, Way

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Geffrey B. Kelly (1990). “A testament to freedom: the essential writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer”, Harpercollins

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• Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic.

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  Trying, Relevant, Relevance

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Clyde E. Fant (1975). “Bonhoeffer: worldly preaching”

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• God comes into the very midst of evil and of death, and judges the evil in us and in the world. And by judging us, he cleanses and sanctifies us, comes to us with his grace and love. He makes us happy as only children can be happy.

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  Children, Grace, Only Child

  "A testament to freedom: the essential writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer".

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• Every word of Holy Scripture was a love letter from God directed very personally to us and he asked us whether we loved Jesus.

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  Jesus, Letters, Scripture

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• Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person.

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  Littles, Beloved, Persons

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.21, SCM Press

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• Discipleship means adherence to Christ and, because Christ is the object of that adherence, it must take the form of discipleship. An abstract theology, a doctrinal system, a general religious knowledge of the subject of grace or the forgiveness of sins, render discipleship superfluous, and in fact exclude any idea of discipleship whatsoever, and are essentially inimical to the whole conception of following Christ....Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

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  Religious, Mean, Following Christ

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• Time lost is time not filled, time left empty.

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  Empty, Lost, Time Left

  LIFE magazine, April 22, 1957.

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• Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free

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  Mean, Temptation, Being Free

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1997). “Creation and Fall Temptation: Two Biblical Studies”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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• The way to misuse our possessions is to use them as an insurance against the morrow. Anxiety is always directed to the morrow, whereas goods are in the strictest sense meant to be used only for to-day.

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  Anxiety, Use, Way

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.122, SCM Press

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• It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.

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  Men, Suffering, Obedience

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• 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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  Prayer, Simple, Praying

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.35, SCM Press

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