Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
God cleanses and sanctifies us, comes to us with grace and love. God makes us happy, as only children can be happy. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“It is easily forgotten that the fellowship of Christian brethren is a gift of grace, a gift of the Kingdom of God… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The gift of Christ is not the Christian religion, but the grace and love of God which culminate in the cross. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
God comes into the very midst of evil and of death, and judges the evil in us and in the world. And… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Cheap grace means grace sold on the market like cheapjacks' wares. The sacraments, the forgiveness of sin, and the consolations of religion… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The proclamation of grace has its limits. Grace may not be proclaimed to anyone who does not recognize or distinguish or desire… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom. — 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
