Christian Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Download Open image “The church is her true self only when she exists for humanity.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Christian Church Humanity Self True self
It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject to the limitations of human culture. For she is… — Christopher Dawson 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 endowments to… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The church is ever in peril-and never more so than now-of the disaster which must follow when she allows men of distinction in the… — Lewis Sperry Chafer Copy Share Image
Always the most revealing thing about the church is her idea of God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
“The Church has a vision of wholeness and holiness for the human person, and everything the Church does should help her members to become… — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
If the Church is 'in Christ,' she is involved in mission. Her whole existence then has a missionary character. Her conduct as well as… — David Bosch Copy Share Image
“The Church is not simply an institution. She is a 'mode of existence,' *a way of being*. The mystery of the Church is deeply… — John D. Zizioulas Copy Share Image
The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
If the Church would have her face shine, she must go up into the mount, and be alone with God. If she would have… — Frederic Dan Huntington Copy Share Image
It would be a godsend if the Church would suffer persecution today; she hasn't suffered it for hundreds of years. She is growing rich… — Billy Sunday Copy Share Image
When the church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it. It is then that the world is made to listen to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The truth is that the greatest enemy of the Western church is not the state or any ideology such as atheism, but the world… — Os Guinness 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
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,… — Anonymous 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
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
“A question for Christians who accept evolution: When did we gain a "soul"? Did Homo habilis have a soul? Homo ergaster? Did God only… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
Always have the fear of God in your heart, and remember that God is always with you, everywhere, whether you are walking or sitting. — Gennadius of Constantinople Copy Share Image
For many, the call to be a Christian can seem demanding, even overwhelming. But we need not be afraid or feel inadequate. The Savior… — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
A real Christian in an odd number anyway. He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, talks familiarly every day to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When the Lord Jesus Christ became my surety . . . He went to Calvary's cross, and all my guilt was charged against Him.… — Henry Allen Ironside Copy Share Image
The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word. Its strains… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
