Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#just-war #loving-enemies #faith

Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#christianity #discipleship #honor #humility #respect

Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#fellowship #life #life

Not everyone can wait: neither the sated nor the satisfied nor those without respect can wait. The only ones who can wait are people who carry restlessness around with them. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#waiting #yearning #faith

As Christ bore and received us as sinners so we in his fellowship may bear and receive sinners into the fellowship of Christ through the forgiving of sins. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#fellowship #forgiveness #faith

My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#grace #mercy #forgiveness

Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#ethics #religion #religion

The author likens crisis, and particularly war, to stop motion photography in its capacity to make changes plain that are ordinarily too gradual to be seen. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#growth #maturity #change

If my sinfulness appears to me in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#sin #faith

Consecutive reading of biblical books forces everyone who wants to hear to put himself, or to allow himself to be found, where God has acted once and for all for the salvation of men. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#god-s-word #faith