Faith Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“a false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Only the believing obey, only the obedient believe

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Only those who obey can believe, and only those who believe can obey.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Unless he obeys, a man cannot believe.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is only by living completely in this world that one learns to have faith.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Faith is only real when there is obedience, never without it, and faith only becomes faith in the act of obedience.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Only the believer obeys — obedience follows faith, the way good fruit comes from a good tree. Only the obedient believe.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Contrary to all my own opinions and convictions, Jesus Christ will tell me what love toward the brethren really is.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“From now on there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Faith without works is not faith at all, but a simple lack of obedience to God.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“How is it possible to live the life of faith when we grow weary of prayer, when we lose our taste for…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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

“They wander on earth and live in heaven, and although they are weak, they protect the world; they taste of peace in…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“There is only one church, the church of faith ruled by the word of Jesus Christ alone. This is the true catholic…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The call goes forth, and is at once followed by the response of obedience. The response of the disciples is an act…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The disciple simply burns his boats and goes ahead. He is called out... The old life is left behind, and completely surrendered.…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“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

“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

The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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

“We shall be judged according to our works – this is why we are exhorted to do good works. The Bible assuredly…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“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

No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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

“The truth is that so long as we hold both sides of the proposition together they contain nothing inconsistent with right belief,…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The new situation must be created, in which it is possible to believe on Jesus as God incarnate; that is the impossible…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“What is true is that in all these despairing and strained efforts to believe, what we really wanted was not to believe.…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“God has prepared for Himself one great song of praise throughout eternity, and those who enter the community of God join in…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“When people complain, for instance, that they find it hard to believe, it is a sign of deliberate or unconscious disobedience... The…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer