In Jesus Christ we have been chosen from eternity, accepted in time, and united for eternity. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected... Suffering and being rejected are not the same. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Once again, Jesus calls those who follow him to share his passion. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in Jesus Christ.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
In Jesus, the service of God and the service of the least of the brethren were one. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Every word of Holy Scripture was a love letter from God directed very personally to us and he asked us whether we… — 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
To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. — 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
“The truth of the matter is that the whole world has already been turned upside down by the work of Jesus Christ” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
In the New Testament our enemies are those who harbor hostility against us, not those against whom we cherish hostility, for Jesus… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Jesus is no draughtsman of political blueprints, he is the one who vanquished evil through suffering. It looked as though evil had… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don't believe, take the first step all the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
There are only two places where the powerful and great in this world lose their courage, tremble in the depths of their… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Jesus does not impose intolerable restrictions on his disciples, he does not forbid them to look at anything, but bids them look… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The love for our enemies takes us along the way of the cross and into fellowship with the Crucified. The more we… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
After he has been following Christ for a long time, the disciple of Jesus will be asked, "Lacked ye anything?" and he… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Who is pure in heart? Only those who have surrendered their hearts completely to Jesus that he may reign in them alone.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
And if we ask how are we to know where our hearts are, the answer is just as simple - everything which… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
It is not in our life that God's help and presence must still be proved, but rather God's presence and help have… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Not only do the followers of Jesus renounce… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“But God does not neglect his lost creature. He plans to re-create his image in man, to recover his first delight in… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' These men without possessions or power, these strangers on Earth, these sinners, these… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The Christian, however, must bear the burden of a brother. He must suffer and endure the brother. It is only when he… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If we want to read and to pray the prayers of the Bible and especially the Psalms, therefore, we must not ask… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The Psalter is the prayer book of Jesus Christ in the truest sense of the word. He prayed the Psalter and now… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“And in the Incarnation the whole human race recovers the dignity of the image of God. Henceforth, any attack even on the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“God sends his Son – here lies the only remedy. It is not enough to give man a new philosophy or better… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“God did not make this person as I would have made him. He did not give him to me as a brother… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“...do we realize that this cheap grace has turned back upon us like a boomerang? The price we are having to pay… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“There is a kind of listening with half an ear that presumes already to know what the other person has to say.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Why is it that it is often easier for us to confess our sins to God than to a brother? God is… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If Jesus Christ is not true God, how could he help us? If he is not true man, how could he help… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Only in Jesus are we able to pray, and with Him we also know that we shall be heard. — 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
