“Christianity without the living Jesus Christ remains necessarily a Christianity without discipleship; and a Christianity without discipleship is always a Christianity without… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If you want my goodness to stay with you then serve your neighbour, for in him God comes to you himself; such… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“So the call to discipleship is a commitment solely to the person of Jesus Christ, a breaking through of all legalisms by… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Jesus' call to bear the cross places all who follow him in the community of the forgiveness of sins. Forgiving sins is… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Every cult of personality that emphasizes the distinguished qualities, virtues, and talents of another person, even though these be of an altogether… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“At the same time, however, for antiquity the holiest sign of the presence of God, the cross, is the symbol of utter… — 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
It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Because I am a Christian, therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God's Word… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Humanly speaking, it is possible to understand the Sermon on the Mount in a thousand different ways. But Jesus knows only one… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The Reformation biblical faith in God[50] had radically desacralized [entgöttert] the world. Thus the ground was prepared in which rational and empirical… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in need. The clergy must live solely on the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Destruction of the embryo in the mother's womb is a violation of the right to live which God has bestowed upon this… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The person who waits upon moods in impoverished. If the painter only wanted to paint when in the mood for it, he… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The Christian community is not a spiritual sanatorium. The person who comes into a fellowship because he is running away from himself… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“It is not at all surprising that the disciples imagined that the law had been abrogated, when Jesus made promises like this.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The religion of Christ is not a tidbit after One's bread; on the contrary, it is the bread or it is nothing.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Wherever it pleases God to put man in this world, the Christian must be ready for martyrdom and death. It is only… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The scriptures do not present us with a series of Christian types to be imitated according to choice; they preach to us… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The consciousness of being borne up by a spiritual tradition that goes back for centuries gives one a feeling of confidence and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“But because Jesus is the Christ, it has to be made clear from the beginning that his word is not a doctrine… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians because we are talking when… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Discipleship means adherence to Christ, and, because Christ is the object of that adherence, it must take the form of discipleship. An… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If our Christianity has ceased to be serious about discipleship, if we have watered down the gospel into emotional uplift which makes… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this. Whether it is… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“So many people come to church with the genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going… — 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
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
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
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
What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
...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
Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
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
“From now on there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
“The scriptures do not present us with a series of Christian types to be imitated according to choice; they preach to us in every… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
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