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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

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Godly, Men, Christ
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.44, SCM Press

Earthly possessions dazzle our eyes and delude us into thinking that they can provide security and freedom from anxiety. Yet all the time they are the very source of anxiety.

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Eye, Thinking, Security And Freedom
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.122, SCM Press

Cheap grace is the idea that "grace" did it all for me so I do not need to change my lifestyle. The believer who accepts the idea of "cheap grace" thinks he can continue to live like the rest of the world. Instead of following Christ in a radical way, the Christian lost in cheap grace thinks he can simply enjoy the consolations of his grace.

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Christian, Thinking, Following Christ

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

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Jesus, Two, Trying

The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists of listening to them. Just as love of God begins with listening to his word, so the beginning of love for our brothers and sisters is learning to listen to them.

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Brother, Listening, Fellowship With God

Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together.

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Self, Judging, Grace
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.70, SCM Press

If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.

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Sad, Running, Depressing

Faith without works is not faith at all, but a simple lack of obedience to God.

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Simple, Obedience, Obedience To God

The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people.

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Religious, Taken, People

We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.

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Light, People, Empathy
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

We have learnt, rather too late, that action comes, not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

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Inspirational, Motivational, Positive
"Letters and Papers from Prison".

Do not worry! Earthly goods deceive the human heart into believing that they give it security and freedom from worry. But in truth, they are what cause anxiety. The heart which clings to goods receives with them the choking burden of worry. Worry collects treasures, and treasures produce more worries. We desire to secure our lives with earthly goods; we want our worrying to make us worry-free, but the truth is the opposite. The chains which bind us to earthly goods, the clutches which hold the goods tight, are themselves worries.

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Believe, Heart, Opposites

But they all stood beneath the cross, enemies and believers, doubters and cowards, revilers and devoted followers. His prayer, in that hour, and his forgiveness, was meant for them all, and for all their sins. The mercy and love of God are at work even in the midst of his enemies. It is the same Jesus Christ, who of his grace calls us to follow him, and whose grace saves the murderer who mocks him on the cross in his last hour.

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Jesus, Prayer, Grace
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.34, SCM Press

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

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Life, Happiness, Success

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.

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Inspiring, Faith, Inspiration
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.76, SCM Press

It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!

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Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

It is from God that parents receive their children, and it is to God that they should lead them.

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Children, Parent, Should
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak and pray the same Word at the same time; in other words, because here they can unite in the Word.

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Christian, Singing, Together
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.43, SCM Press

When you read the Bible, you must think that here and now, God is speaking with me

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Thinking, Here And Now

The great masquerade of evil has played havoc with all our ethical concepts. For evil to appear disguised as light, charity, historical necessity, or social justice is quite bewildering to anyone brought up on our traditional ethical concepts, while for the Christian who bases his life on the Bible, it merely confirms the fundamental wickedness of evil.

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Christian, Light, Justice
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

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Godly, Christian Inspirational, Christianity

The devil doesn't fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God.

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Hatred, Devil, Forgetfulness

Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.

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Love Is, Judging Yourself, Evil
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.129, SCM Press

Love asks nothing in return, but seeks those who need it. And who needs our love more than those who are consumed with hatred and are utterly devoid of love.

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Valentines Day, Hatred, Needs
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.97, SCM Press

The exclusion of the weak and insignificant, the seemingly useless people, from a Christian community may actually mean the exclusion of Christ; in the poor brother Christ is knocking at the door.

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Christian, Brother, Mean
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.24, SCM Press

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