Grace Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The preaching of grace can only be protected by the preaching of repentance.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Cheap grace is grace without discipleship.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The world upon whom grace is thrust as a bargain will grow tired of it.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Nevertheless, it is the free grace of the resurrected One that now also goes after the individual, overcomes the doubter, and creates…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We are torn out of our own existence and set down in the midst of the holy history of God on earth.…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Therefore, let those who until now have had the privilege of living a Christian life together with other Christians praise God’s grace…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The proclamation of grace has its limits. Grace may not be proclaimed to anyone who does not recognize or distinguish or desire…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

God comes into the very midst of evil and of death, and judges the evil in us and in the world. And…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Cheap grace is the idea that "grace" did it all for me so I do not need to change my lifestyle. The…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Discipleship means adherence to Christ and, because Christ is the object of that adherence, it must take the form of discipleship. An…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christ became our Brother in order to help us. Through him our brother has become Christ for us in the power and…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Grace interpreted as a principle, pecca fortiter as a principle, grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

But they all stood beneath the cross, enemies and believers, doubters and cowards, revilers and devoted followers. His prayer, in that hour,…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' These men without possessions or power, these strangers on Earth, these sinners, these…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Cheap grace means grace sold on the market like cheapjacks' wares. The sacraments, the forgiveness of sin, and the consolations of religion…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“...do we realize that this cheap grace has turned back upon us like a boomerang? The price we are having to pay…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The gift of Christ is not the Christian religion, but the grace and love of God which culminate in the cross.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

God cleanses and sanctifies us, comes to us with grace and love. God makes us happy, as only children can be happy.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Cheap grace means grace as a doctrine, a principle, a system. It means forgiveness of sins proclaimed as a general truth, the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“It is only when one knows the unutterability of the name of God that one can utter the name of Jesus Christ;…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer