Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoefferwas a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential, and his book The Cost of Discipleship became a modern classic...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth4 February 1906
CountryGermany
christian grace and-love
The gift of Christ is not the Christian religion, but the grace and love of God which culminate in the cross.
fighting grace enemy
Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
hoarding wealth given
Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected.... Hoarding is idolatry.
religious taken people
The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people.
christian mean men
Thus the call to follow Christ always means a call to share the work of forgiving men their sins. Forgiveness is the Christlike suffering which it is the Christian's duty to bear.
infinite christianity worthless
Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.
mistake believe able
I believe that God both wills and is able to bring good out of everything, even the worst... I believe that even our mistakes and wrongdoing are not fruitless...
christian community church
The church has an unconditional obligation to the victims of any ordering society, even if they do not belong to the Christian community.
thinking here-and-now
When you read the Bible, you must think that here and now, God is speaking with me
christian law doe
It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to is not Christian. If any member refuses to bear that burden, he denies the law of Christ.
god christian world
Wherever there are sinners, the weak, the sorrowful, the poor in the world, that is where God goes.
men order people
A pastor should never complain about his congregation, certainly never to other people, but also not to God. A congregation has not been entrusted to him in order that he should become its accuser before God and men.
suffering earth christ
The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God.
godly men christ
When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.