Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Will not the very moment of great disillusionment with my brother or sister be incomparably wholesome for me becuase it so thoroughly… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
There is not a place to which the Christian can withdraw from the world, whether it be outwardly or in the sphere… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior must be determined not by… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Whenever the Psalter is abandoned, an incomparable treasure is lost to the Christian church. With its recovery will come unexpected power. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Christian brotherhood is not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings of God in the world. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Therefore let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers' (Rom 13.1). The Christian must not be drawn to the bearers… — 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
Wherever there are sinners, the weak, the sorrowful, the poor in the world, that is where God goes. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Sanctification means that the Christians have been judged already, and that they are being preserved until the coming of Christ and are… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
God wants to see human beings, not ghosts who shun the world. . . . Our marriage must be a 'yes' to… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
We do God’s work for our brothers and sisters when we learn to listen to them. So often Christians, especially preachers, think… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Because I am a Christian, therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God's Word… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The church has an unconditional obligation to the victims of any ordering society, even if they do not belong to the Christian… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Being a Christan is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Second, a Christian comes to others only through Jesus Christ. Among men there is strife. ‘He is our peace’, says Paul of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Many Christians are unthinkably horrified when a real sinner is suddenly discovered among the righteous. So we remain alone with our sin,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“If we would answer the question of the existence of the Evil then we would not be sinners, we could make something… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The worse the evil, the readier must the Christian be to suffer it; he must let the evil person fall into Jesus'… — 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 Image
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 Image
What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
...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 Image
Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
