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
jesus suffering tragedy
To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.
time creative suffering
Time is lost when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering.
jesus self-love suffering
What is the "extraordinary"? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience.
broken support suffering
Disciples will not be weakened by suffering, worn down, and embittered until they are broken. Instead, they bear suffering, by the power of him who supports them. The disciples bear the suffering laid on them only by the power of him who bears all suffering on the cross. As bearers of suffering, they stand in communion with the Crucified.
suffering helping
Only the suffering God can help.
christian suffering world
A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings of God in the world.
suffering honor lord
The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering....
time creative suffering
Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing to look back upon the time which we have lost. Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering. Time lost is time not filled, time left empty.
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.
men suffering obedience
It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.
suffering christ crosses
The cross is suffering with Christ.
grace honor suffering
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.
jesus suffering glory
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.
jesus suffering christ
Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected. ... Suffering and being rejected are not the same.