Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer More Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer More Quotes From Dietrich Bonhoeffer Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their personal intentions may be ever so honest, earnest, and sacrificial. Dietrich Bonhoeffer christian dream love Help must come from the outside, and it has come and comes daily and answers in the Word of Jesus Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer answers helping jesus Death is the supreme festival on the road to freedom. Dietrich Bonhoeffer supreme festivals Man seeks, in his manhood, not orders, not laws and peremptory dogmas, but counsel from one who is earnest in goodness and faithful in friendship, making man free. Dietrich Bonhoeffer law men order Anyone who thinks that his time is too valuable to spend keeping quiet will eventually have no time for God and his brother, but only for himself and for his own follies. Dietrich Bonhoeffer keeping-quiet brother thinking Advent creates people, new people. Dietrich Bonhoeffer advent healing people When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh. Dietrich Bonhoeffer done flesh struggle God has reserved to Himself the right to determine the end of life, because He alone knows the goal to which it is His will to lead it. It is for Him alone to justify a life or to cast it away. Dietrich Bonhoeffer end-of-life ends goal The fearful danger of the present time is that above the cry for authority, we forget that man stands alone before the ultimate authority, and that anyone who lays violent hands on man here, is infringing eternal laws, and taking upon himself superhuman authority, which will eventually crush him. Dietrich Bonhoeffer crush men hands How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things? Dietrich Bonhoeffer christian-thanksgiving little-things littles grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom. Dietrich Bonhoeffer cost grace law It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can raise the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. Dietrich Bonhoeffer opinion strong people Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other hand, desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer.Lack of desire is poverty. Dietrich Bonhoeffer sake desire hands The more genuine and the deeper our community becomes, the more will everything else between us recede, the more clearly and purely will Jesus Christ and His work become the one and only thing that is vital between us. Dietrich Bonhoeffer community jesus christ It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves. Dietrich Bonhoeffer issues strong men Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer worship hero christ There is no worse sin than unbelief toward the gospel. Dietrich Bonhoeffer unbelief sin But the Christian also knows that he not only cannot and dare not be anxious, but that there is no need for him to be so. Neither anxiety now work can secure his daily bread, for bread is the gift of the Father. Dietrich Bonhoeffer anxiety christian father God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises. Dietrich Bonhoeffer doe giving promise Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes. Dietrich Bonhoeffer obedience faith believe
