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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Cross of Jesus Brings Both Peace and Division
The peace of Jesus is the cross. But the cross is the sword God wields on earth. It creates division. The son against the father, the daughter against the mother, the member of the house against the...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: What Does God’s Love Mean For Us?
God’s love for man means the cross and the way of discipleship. But that cross and that way are both life and resurrection. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, 1961 edition, 244.
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Christ Will Be Our Reward When We Minister to the Weak and Poor According to...
He who offers a cup of cold water to the weakest and poorest who bears no honourable name has ministered to Christ himself, and Jesus Christ will be his reward. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Jesus Will Be Our Reward When We Offer a Cup of Cold...
He who offers a cup of cold water to the weakest and poorest who bears no honourable name has ministered to Christ himself, and Jesus Christ will be his reward. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of...
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We Know Jesus Through His Word
To know Christ means to know him by his word as the Lord and Saviour of my life. But that knowledge includes a recognition of his plain word directed to me. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of...
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A Prayer of Dietrich Bonhoeffer When He Was In Tegel Prison
O God, early in the morning I cry to you. Help me to pray and gather my thoughts to you, I cannot do it alone. In me it is dark, but with you there is light; I am lonely, but you do not desert me; My...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Suffering is an Essential Part of the Christian Life
To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. When it comes, it is not an accident, but a necessity. It is not the sort of...
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If Dietrich Bonhoeffer Stayed in New York, Would He Live to be an Old Man?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer …there might have been an old man in Bonhoeffer! (Craig J. Slane, Bonhoeffer as Martyr: Social Responsibility and Modern Christian Commitment, 20). But would he have the same...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Resolve to Immerse Himself in Danger Upon His Return...
But his (Bonhoeffer) resolve to return quickly to the turmoil in his own land could now only mean that he was prepared to immerse himself in the dangers of illegal activities and accept fully whatever...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer is Referred to in an Anglican Prayer…
I. Gracious God, the Beyond in the midst of our life, thou gavest grace to thy servant Dietrich Bonhoeffer to know and to teach the truth as it is in Jesus Christ, and to bear the cost of following...
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The Bible Strengthened Dietrich Bonhoeffer As He Stood Before the Gestapo
…in his (Bonhoeffer) hearing before the Gestapo during his imprisonment, defenseless and powerless as he then was and only fortified by the word of God in his heart, he stood erect and unbroken before...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Stayed in Prison In Order Not to Put His Family and...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer perhaps could have escaped from prison… … in October 1944, when friends made an attempt to liberate him and to take him to safety abroad, and he decided to...
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G. Leibholz on the Last Hours of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer We also know from the testimony of a British officer (Payne Best), a fellow-prisoner, of the last service which Dietrich Bonhoeffer held on the day before his death and which “moved...
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To Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Church Must Oppose Tyranny
Bonhoeffer was firmly and rightly convinced that it is not only a Christian right but a Christians duty towards God to oppose tyranny, that is, a government which is no longer based on natural law and...
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We Are Still Fighting Today for Costly Grace…
The words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his classic book, The Cost of Discipleship, still are quite relevant for the followers of Jesus in the twenty-first century… Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of the...
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Cheap Grace is Like a Cheapjack!
One of the classic works by Dietrich Bonhoeffer is The Cost of Discipleship. The message of this book is still are quite relevant for the followers of Jesus in the twenty-first century. What is chap...
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What Happens When We Embrace “Cheap Grace”?
According to Dietrich Bonhoeffer in The Cost of Discipleship… Cheap grace…amounts to a denial of the living Word, of God, in fact, a denial of the Word of God (46).
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Call of Jesus Means Obedience to Him
The call goes forth, and is at once followed by the response of obedience. The response of the disciples is an act of obedience, not a confession of faith in Jesus. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of...
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Our Martyrdom May Mean Nothing to Jesus
Discipleship without Jesus Christ is a way of our own choosing. It may the ideal way. It may even lead to martyrdom, but it is devoid of all promises. Jesus will certainly reject it. ~ Dietrich...
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When Did Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Third Reich Begin to Butt Heads?
When did the Third Reich realize that Dietrich Bonhoeffer was not going to get on board? Williams Kuhns writes… The Church struggle was an effort of the churches to remain independent and to keep to...
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