It is only by living completely in this world that one learns to have faith. Dietrich Bonhoeffer More Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer More Quotes From Dietrich Bonhoeffer With an abstract idea it is possible to enter into a relation of formal knowledge, to become enthusiastic about it, and perhaps even to put it into practice; but it can never be followed in personal obedience. Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer practice christianity ideas A righteous person is one who lives for the next generation. Dietrich Bonhoeffer righteous next generations We have grown so accustomed to the idea of divine love...that we no longer sense the awe that God's coming should awaken in us. Dietrich Bonhoeffer divine should ideas The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on the contrary, its validation. One does not use canons to shoot sparrows. Dietrich Bonhoeffer rejection validation doe Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure his allotted share of suffering and rejection. But each has a different share: some God deems worthy of the highest form of suffering, and gives them the grace of martyrdom, while others he does not allow to be tempted above that which they are able to bear. But it is the one and the same cross in every case. Dietrich Bonhoeffer christian giving jesus The world upon whom grace is thrust as a bargain will grow tired of it. Dietrich Bonhoeffer tired grace world Humanly speaking, it is possible to understand the Sermon on the Mount in a thousand different ways. But Jesus knows only one possibility: simple surrender and obedience - not interpreting or applying it, but doing and obeying it. That is the only way to hear his words. He does not mean for us to discuss it as an ideal. He really means for us to get on with it. Dietrich Bonhoeffer simple mean jesus Thinking in terms of two realms understands the paired concepts worldy-Christia n, natural-superna tural, profane-sacred, rational-revela tions, as ultimate static opposites...and fails to recognize the original unity of these opposites in the Christ-reality. Dietrich Bonhoeffer opposites reality thinking The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do solitude and community. One does not exist without the other. Right speech comes out of silence, and right silence comes out of speech. Dietrich Bonhoeffer differences community silence A day without morning and evening prayers and personal intercessions is actually a day without meaning or importance. Dietrich Bonhoeffer evening prayer morning Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so marvelous, that we can transform death. Dietrich Bonhoeffer cold hell night If Jesus Christ is not true God, how could he help us? If he is not true man, how could he help us? Dietrich Bonhoeffer helping men jesus We should find God in what we do know, not in what we don't; not in outstanding problems, but in those we have already solved. Dietrich Bonhoeffer problem should god The time is short. Eternity is long. It is the time of decision. Dietrich Bonhoeffer eternity decision long In Jesus Christ we have been chosen from eternity, accepted in time, and united for eternity. Dietrich Bonhoeffer eternity jesus christ Jesus' call to bear the cross places all who follow him in the community of the forgiveness of sins. Forgiving sins is the Christ-suffering required of his disciples. It is required of all Christians. Dietrich Bonhoeffer community christian jesus Every sermon must contain a certain shot of heresy. Dietrich Bonhoeffer heresy shots certain 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 forgiving may Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the world and the law of grace. In our effort to combat legalism we land ourselves in the worst kind of legalism. The only way of overcoming this legalism is by real obedience to Christ when he calls us to follow him; for in Jesus the law is at once fulfilled and cancelled. Dietrich Bonhoeffer real struggle jesus God turns toward the very places from which humans turn away. Dietrich Bonhoeffer turns humans
