Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly, and unresistingly lets his yoke rest upon him, finds his burden easy,… — 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
Before Jesus leads His disciples into suffering, humiliation, disgrace, and disdain, He summons them and shows Himself to them as the Lord… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
It is not that God's help and presence must still be proved in our life; rather God's presence and help have been… — 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
If any want to become my followers," Jesus says. Following him is not something that is self-evident, even among the disciples. No… — 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
“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
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
But they all stood beneath the cross, enemies and believers, doubters and cowards, revilers and devoted followers. His prayer, in that hour,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
It is not simply to be taken for granted that the Christian has the privilege of living among other Christians. Jesus Christ… — 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
“An image needs a living object, and a copy can only be formed from a model. Either man models himself on the… — 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
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
“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
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
The messengers of Jesus will be hated to the end of time. They will be blamed for all the division which rend… — 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
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
Judgement is the forbidden objectivization of the other person which destroys single-minded love. I am not forbidden to have my own thoughts… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If the heart is devoted to the mirage of the world, to the creature instead of the Creator, the disciple is lost...… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Discipleship never consists in this or that specific action: it is always a decision, either for or against Jesus Christ. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Help must come from the outside, and it has come and comes daily and answers in the Word of Jesus Christ... — 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
