Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.

Every sermon must contain a certain shot of heresy.

In the gospels the very first step a man must take is an act which radically affects his whole existence.

The Christian life is participation in the encounter of Christ with the world.

Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others.

What is the \'extraordinary\'? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience.

There remains an experience of incomparable value.

The right way to requite evil, according to Jesus, is not to resist it. This saying of Christ removes the Church from the sphere of politics and law.

The cross is suffering with Christ.

Once again, Jesus calls those who follow him to share his passion.

Jesus is no draughtsman of political blueprints, he is the one who vanquished evil through suffering. It looked as though evil had triumphed on the cross, but the real victory belonged to<br />Jesus.

Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected. ... Suffering and being rejected are not the same.

In recent years we have seen a great deal of bravery and self-sacrifice, but civil courage hardly anywhere, even among ourselves.

God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it is one cross.

Every call of Christ leads into death.

Before Jesus leads His disciples into suffering, humiliation, disgrace, and disdain, He summons them and shows Himself to them as the Lord in God's glory.

Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak and pray the same Word at the same time; in other words, because here they can unite in the Word.

Faith is only real when there is obedience, never without it, and faith only becomes faith in the act of obedience.

There is no worse sin than unbelief toward the gospel.

Unless he obeys, a man cannot believe.

The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies

When people are deeply affected by the Word, they tell it to other people.

The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.

Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

Only those who obey can believe, and only those who believe can obey.

Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life

Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.

Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.

Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words..