Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident)

was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was executed at the end of World War II by the Nazi's for his involvement in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler. He had written many influential books on Christian theology in theory and practice.

In 1937, Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident)

The cost of discipleship

Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident)

May we be enabled to say 'No' to sin and 'Yes' to the sinner. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident)

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident)

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others . . . not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident)

There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident)

One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident)

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident)

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. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident)