Only those who obey can believe, and only those who believe can obey. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Faith without works is not faith at all, but a simple lack of obedience to God. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
It is only by living completely in this world that one learns to have faith. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Faith is only real when there is obedience, never without it, and faith only becomes faith in the act of obedience. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Only the believer obeys — obedience follows faith, the way good fruit comes from a good tree. Only the obedient believe. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“From now on there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
And we simply cannot be constant with the fact that God’s cause is not always the successful one, that we really could… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“There is only one church, the church of faith ruled by the word of Jesus Christ alone. This is the true catholic… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“They wander on earth and live in heaven, and although they are weak, they protect the world; they taste of peace in… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The call goes forth, and is at once followed by the response of obedience. The response of the disciples is an act… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The disciple simply burns his boats and goes ahead. He is called out... The old life is left behind, and completely surrendered.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“How is it possible to live the life of faith when we grow weary of prayer, when we lose our taste for… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I discovered later, and I'm still discovering right up to this moment, that is it only by living completely in this world… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“We shall be judged according to our works – this is why we are exhorted to do good works. The Bible assuredly… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“I'm still discovering, right up to this moment, that it is only by living completely in this world that one learns to… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
We have become so accustomed to the idea of divine love and of God's coming at Christmas that we no longer feel… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The Reformation biblical faith in God[50] had radically desacralized [entgöttert] the world. Thus the ground was prepared in which rational and empirical… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Many people seek fellowship because they are afraid to be alone...let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will do… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“God has prepared for Himself one great song of praise throughout eternity, and those who enter the community of God join in… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“What is true is that in all these despairing and strained efforts to believe, what we really wanted was not to believe.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“When people complain, for instance, that they find it hard to believe, it is a sign of deliberate or unconscious disobedience... The… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The new situation must be created, in which it is possible to believe on Jesus as God incarnate; that is the impossible… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The truth is that so long as we hold both sides of the proposition together they contain nothing inconsistent with right belief,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Contrary to all my own opinions and convictions, Jesus Christ will tell me what love toward the brethren really is.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
...Gratitude transforms the torment of memory of good things now gone into silent joy. One bears what was lovely in the past not as… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life? — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
“The church can only defend its own space by fighting, not for space, but for the salvation of the world. Otherwise the church becomes… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
There remains an experience of incomparable value . . . to see the great events of world history from below; from the perspective of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
“To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. When… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
“There is only one church, the church of faith ruled by the word of Jesus Christ alone. This is the true catholic church that… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
“As Christians, we needn’t be at all ashamed of some impatience, longing, opposition to what is unnatural, and our full share of desire for… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
“From now on there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
“The scriptures do not present us with a series of Christian types to be imitated according to choice; they preach to us in every… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
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