Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

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An image needs a living object, and a copy can only be formed from a model. Either man models himself on the god of his — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
But God does not neglect his lost creature. He plans to re-create his image in man, to recover his first delight in his — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
The truth of the matter is that the whole world has already been turned upside down by the work of Jesus Christ — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
The messengers of Jesus will be hated to the end of time. They will be blamed for all the division which rend cities and — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Sp — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' These men without possessions or power, these strangers on Earth — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
The earthly form of Christ is the form that died on the cross. The image of God is the image of Christ crucified. It is — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
If Christ has been given us, if we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally _all_ things. He wi — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Therefore let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers' (Rom 13.1). The Christian must not be drawn to the beare — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Suffering, then, is the badge of true discipleship. The disciple is not above his master. Following Christ means passio — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Cheap grace means grace sold on the market like cheapjacks' wares. The sacraments, the forgiveness of sin, and the conso — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Cheap grace is the mortal enemy of the church — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
It is a costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
The worse the evil, the readier must the Christian be to suffer it; he must let the evil person fall into Jesus' hands. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Jesus will not accept the common distinction between righteous indignation and unjustifiable anger. The disciple must be — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
The real difference in the believer who follows Christ and has mortified his will and died after the old man in Christ, — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship