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
A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
But discipleship never consists in this or that specific action: it is always a decision, either for or against Jesus Christ...Christ speaks… — 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
“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
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
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
Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Then fear will grow pale and fade away, and you will be free, through your faith in our strong and living Savior,… — 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
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
In Jesus Christ we have been chosen from eternity, accepted in time, and united for eternity. — 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
Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this. — 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
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
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
“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
“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
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
The more genuine and the deeper our community becomes, the more will everything else between us recede, the more clearly and purely… — 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
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 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
