May God in His mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may He lead us to Himself. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Christian brotherhood is not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If you set out to seek freedom, then learn above all things to govern your soul and your senses . . .… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
As Christ bore and received us as sinners so we in his fellowship may bear and receive sinners into the fellowship of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
It is the voice of the Church that is heard in singing together. It is not you that sings, it is the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The exclusion of the weak and insignificant, the seemingly useless people, from a Christian community may actually mean the exclusion of Christ;… — 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… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I believe that nothing that happens to me is meaningless and that it is good for us all that it should be… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment. No evil can befall us; whatever men may… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Christians have forgotten that the ministry of listening has been committed to them by Him who is Himself the great listener and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Anything I cannot thank God for for the sake of Christ, I may not thank God for at all; to do so… — 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
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
I can never know beforehand how God’s image should appear in others. That image always manifests a completely new and unique form… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses. I can no longer… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Bless them that persecute you.' If our enemy cannot put up with us any longer and takes to cursing us, our immediate… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Innumerable times a whole Christian community has broken down because it had sprung from a wish dream… Every human wish dream that… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Nothing can fill the gap when we are away from those we love, and it would be wrong to try to find… — 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
But to procrastinate and prevaricate simply because you're afraid of erring, when others - I mean our brethren in Germany - must… — 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
