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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes - and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent


— Dietrich Bonhoeffer


#depravity #freedom

Freedom for the Church comes from the necessity of the Word of God. Otherwise, it becomes arbitrariness and ends in a great many new ties.


— Dietrich Bonhoeffer


#freedom #freedom

Not in the flight of ideas, but only in action is freedom. Make up your mind and come out into the tempest of the living.


— Dietrich Bonhoeffer


#freedom #inspirational #living-life #freedom

Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.


— Dietrich Bonhoeffer


#obedient #only #who

Politics are not the task of a Christian.


— Dietrich Bonhoeffer


#politics #task

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.


— Dietrich Bonhoeffer


#god #his #idol #let us #prove

God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred.


— Dietrich Bonhoeffer


#envy #god #hatred #judges #love

Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person.


— Dietrich Bonhoeffer


#between #come #even #human #human love

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.


— Dietrich Bonhoeffer


#comparison #easy #importance #others #our

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.


— Dietrich Bonhoeffer


#christ #cross #endure #exclusive #fruit






About Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Did you know about Dietrich Bonhoeffer?

He observed "Here one can truly speak and hear about sin and grace and the love of God. Bloesch. His father Karl Bonhoeffer was a distinguiDietrich Bonhoefferd neurologist.

He was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo and executed by hanging in April 1945 while imprisoned at a Nazi concentration camp just 23 days before the German surrender. He was also involved in plans by members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office) to assassinate Adolf Hitler. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential and many have labelled his book The Cost of Discipleship a modern classic.

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