Bonhoeffer Quote by Eric Metaxas Download Open image “Christianity contains within itself a germ hostile to the Church (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)” — Eric Metaxas ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bonhoeffer Christianity Church Dietrich Bonhoeffer Germs
“Every Christian must be fully Christian by bringing God into his whole life, not merely into some spiritual realm. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer” — Matt Perman Copy Share Image
“Bonhoeffer's emphasis on the deep this -worldliness of Christianity does not lead to de-eschatologizing the gospel.” — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in the first chapter of his wonderful book Life Together, has a discussion of how Christians never meet one-on-one; they always meet… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Christianity has always been the Gestapo of desire, since long, long before there was a Gestapo. Instead of Jews to hate, Christianity has desire.… — David Burr Gerrard Copy Share Image
“Bonhoeffer’s three conclusions—that the church must question the state, help the state’s victims, and work against the state, if necessary—were too much for almost… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Now, a plain word here about the Christian church trying to carry on in its own power: That kind of Christianity makes God sick,… — A. W. Tozer Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, there is no sin in thought, word, or deed, no matter how personal or secret, that does not inflict injury… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“The biggest threat to the church today is fans who call themselves Christians but aren’t actually interested in following Christ. They want to be… — Kyle Idleman Copy Share Image
“The biggest threat to the church today is fans who call themselves Christians but aren’t actually interested in following Christ.” — Kyle Idleman Copy Share Image
“So what stands in place of the Christian message? An ethical and social idealism borne by a faith in progress that - who knows… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“The Christian needs another Christian who speaks God’s Word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged, for… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“If we believe miracles cannot happen today but happened to our distant ancestors, what we really seem to be saying is not that miracles… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“(Bonhoeffer's) change was not an ungainly, embarrassing leap from which he would have to retreat slightly when he gained more maturity and perspective. It… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Religious liberty is the salt and light that has made us the great nation we are in a whole number of ways. — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“But we know that true grace comes to us by costly sacrifice. And if God was willing to go to the cross and endure… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Created in the awesome image of God, men and women know that life has a meaning beyond 'eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
I have no doubt, if people are really seeking the big questions, it will lead them to the Lord. — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“human beings were taken from the earth and don’t just consist of thin air and thoughts.” — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“If you board the wrong train it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction. —DIETRICH BONHOEFFER” — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Some illustrations of the fine-tuning of our universe deal with the so-called four fundamental forces physicists talk about, and with which most laymen are… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Many years later, after Niemöller had been imprisoned for eight years in concentration camps as the personal prisoner of Adolf Hitler, he penned these… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Today, Wilberforce University welcomes many of America's poorest and most underserved populations and transforms their educational dreams into realities. — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Although I know full well and hear every day that many people think little of me and say that I only write little pamphlets… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and nonviolence. But if your enemy has no conscience like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I saw Pastor Bonhoeffer, before taking off his prison garb, kneeling on the floor praying fervently to his God. I was most deeply moved… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Grace is costly because it calls us through our person to the person of Jesus Christ. And when we follow the person of Jesus… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
The family trees of Karl and Paula Bonhoeffer are everywhere so laden with figures of accomplishment that one might expect future generations to be… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls like Wesley, Wilberforce, Bonhoeffer,… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Bonhoeffer knew that twisting the Truth to sell it more effectively was inexcusable. For Bonhoeffer the challenge was to present the Truth as purely… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“If we would answer the question of the existence of the Evil then we would not be sinners, we could make something else responsible.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“But if faith is only for the future, there will be no faith, for like manna, faith saved spoils.” — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic. Do not defend God's word, but testify to it. Trust to the… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Bonhoeffer thought of death as the last station on the road to freedom. — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will occur along… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I saw Pastor Bonhoeffer kneeling on the floor praying fervently to God. I was most deeply moved by the way this lovable man prayed,… — Eberhard Bethge Copy Share Image