It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
What is the "extraordinary"? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected... Suffering and being rejected are not the same. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings of God in the world. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“That it is Peter, the rock of the church, who incurs guilt here immediately after his own confession to Jesus Christ and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Jesus is no draughtsman of political blueprints, he is the one who vanquished evil through suffering. It looked as though evil had… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Time is lost when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Suffering, then, is the badge of true discipleship. The disciple is not above his master. Following Christ means passio passiva, suffering because… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Self-denial means knowing only Christ, and no longer oneself. It means seeing only Christ, who goes ahead of us, and no longer… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Thus the call to follow Christ always means a call to share the work of forgiving men their sins. Forgiveness is the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure… — 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
“The cross is not the suffering tied to natural existence, but the suffering tied to being Christians. The cross is never simply… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The cross always simultaneously means rejection, and that the disgrace of suffering is part of the cross. Being expelled, despised, and abandoned… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“That it is Peter, the rock of the church, who incurs guilt here immediately after his own confession to Jesus Christ and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The cross is not the suffering tied to being natural existence, but the suffering tied to being Christians. The cross is never… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Pain is a holy angel who shows us treasures that would otherwise remain forever hidden; through him men and women have become… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The followers of Christ have been called to peace. . . . And they must not only have peace but make it.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Before Jesus leads His disciples into suffering, humiliation, disgrace, and disdain, He summons them and shows Himself to them as the Lord… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Jesus' call to bear the cross places all who follow him in the community of the forgiveness of sins. Forgiving sins is… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The God who is with us is the God who forsakes us (Mark 15:34).[...] Before God and with him we live without… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Disciples will not be weakened by suffering, worn down, and embittered until they are broken. Instead, they bear suffering, by the power… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If our Christianity has ceased to be serious about discipleship, if we have watered down the gospel into emotional uplift which makes… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
There remains an experience of incomparable value . . . to see the great events of world history from below; from the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Oh, give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, You taught us to prepare. And when this cup You… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will… — 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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