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Crosses Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.
- The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God.
- Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will occur along life's…
- Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.
- The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise God-fearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with…
- A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a rather strange kingdom.
- Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won where the way leads to the cross.
- Disciples will not be weakened by suffering, worn down, and embittered until they are broken. Instead, they bear suffering, by the power of him who…
- There are only two places where the powerful and great in this world lose their courage, tremble in the depths of their souls, and become…
- Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure his allotted share…
- The gift of Christ is not the Christian religion, but the grace and love of God which culminate in the cross.
- It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to…
- Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without…
- Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.
- The question of why evil exists is not a theological question, for it assumes that it is possible to go behind the existence forced upon…
- There is no way to peace along the way of safety. For peace must be dared. It is itself the great venture and can never…
- The earthly form of Christ is the form that died on the cross. The image of God is the image of Christ crucified. It is…
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- If one does away with the fact of the Resurrection, one also does away with the Cross, for both stand and fall… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection. — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face… — William Barclay
- We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time. — Bernard Baruch
- When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will. — Frederic Bastiat
- The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction. — Alfred Adler
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- After crossing the Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross. — Buffalo Bill