“If you board the wrong train it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction. —DIETRICH BONHOEFFER” — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Christianity contains within itself a germ hostile to the Church (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Bonhoeffer thought of death as the last station on the road to freedom. — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“The rich world of his ancestors set the standards for Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s own life. It gave him a certainty of judgment and… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“(Bonhoeffer's) change was not an ungainly, embarrassing leap from which he would have to retreat slightly when he gained more maturity and… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Wilberforce, because of his faith, stood up for African slaves. Bonhoeffer, because of his faith, stood up for Jews. That's Christianity to… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Bonhoeffer himself knew that in all of it, he was being utterly obedient to God. For him, that was the cantus firmus… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Bonhoeffer's experiences with African American community underscored an idea that was developing in his mind: the only real piety and power that… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Describing Bonhoeffer's demeanor on returning to danger in Germany rather than safety in America, with "with a strong and joyful firmness such… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
...when someone asked Bonhoeffer whether he shouldn't join the German Christians in order to work against them from within, he answered that… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Bonhoeffer’s three conclusions—that the church must question the state, help the state’s victims, and work against the state, if necessary—were too much… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“In any case, he had long felt that Gandhi could provide some clues for him. Gandhi was not a Christian, but he… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
The family trees of Karl and Paula Bonhoeffer are everywhere so laden with figures of accomplishment that one might expect future generations… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“In his Bible that day or the next, Bonhoeffer was reading Psalm 74. This was the text he happened to be meditating… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Bonhoeffer’s rule never to speak about a brother in his absence. Bonhoeffer knew that living according to what Jesus taught in the… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic. Do not defend God's word, but testify to it. Trust… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Bonhoeffer knew that twisting the Truth to sell it more effectively was inexcusable. For Bonhoeffer the challenge was to present the Truth… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Bonhoeffer’s theology had always leaned toward the incarnational view that did not eschew “the world,” but that saw it as God’s good… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“We will have to move through a very deep valley, I believe much deeper than we can sense now, before we will… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“If we believe miracles cannot happen today but happened to our distant ancestors, what we really seem to be saying is not that miracles… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
“(Bonhoeffer's) change was not an ungainly, embarrassing leap from which he would have to retreat slightly when he gained more maturity and perspective. It… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
Religious liberty is the salt and light that has made us the great nation we are in a whole number of ways. — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
“But we know that true grace comes to us by costly sacrifice. And if God was willing to go to the cross and endure… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
Created in the awesome image of God, men and women know that life has a meaning beyond 'eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
I have no doubt, if people are really seeking the big questions, it will lead them to the Lord. — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
“human beings were taken from the earth and don’t just consist of thin air and thoughts.” — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
“If you board the wrong train it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction. —DIETRICH BONHOEFFER” — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
“Some illustrations of the fine-tuning of our universe deal with the so-called four fundamental forces physicists talk about, and with which most laymen are… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
“Many years later, after Niemöller had been imprisoned for eight years in concentration camps as the personal prisoner of Adolf Hitler, he penned these… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
Today, Wilberforce University welcomes many of America's poorest and most underserved populations and transforms their educational dreams into realities. — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
“Although I know full well and hear every day that many people think little of me and say that I only write little pamphlets… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
“The line between courageous faith and foolish idealism is, almost by definition, one angstrom wide.” — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
Part of my life's thesis is that we live in a culture that has bought into the patently silly idea that there is a… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share
