Today marks the 70th anniversary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's death at the hand of the Nazis. I read the book Bonhoeffer a few years back, and his life so emboldened me. Disciple of Jesus, Prophet, Friend. His life in the Kingdom of God was so compelling! Some of my favorite quotes of his...
Peacemakers will bear the cross with their Lord, for peace was made at the cross.
We pray for big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.
Silence in the face of evil is evil itself. not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.
You can only learn obedience by obeying.
The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one's life to a larger goal.
There can only be a community of peace when it does not rest on lies and injustice.
Jesus calls men, not to a new religion, but to life.
The church is the church only when it exists for others.
When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.
Your life as a Christian should make nonbelievers question their disbelief in God.
May God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.
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