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We are justified through faith in Christ, not through our own efforts.
Martin Luther • Faith Alone: A Daily Devotional
A few years ago, I came across a collective of thousands of Christians who pool their money each month in order to cover one another’s medical bills. This feels much more in harmony with the spirit of the early church, the sense of being a big family with a parent with a big wallet. So I am now a part of that community, and each month I get a
... See moreShane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
the fulfilment of worldly duties is under all circumstances the only way to live acceptably to God. It and it alone is the will of God, and hence every legitimate calling has exactly the same worth in the sight of God.8
Max Weber • The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air: Three Godly Discourses
Søren Kierkegaard • 7 highlights
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The intellectual underpinnings of Bonhoeffer’s convictions on life in a Christian faith community can be traced to his early works Sanctorum Communio and Act and Being, which undergirded his interpretation of the church as a primary form of God’s self-revelation.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Daniel W. Bloesch (Translator) • Life Together
love God, love people, and follow Jesus. And
Shane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
First, Christian community is not an ideal, but a divine reality; second, Christian community is a spiritual [pneumatisch] and not an emotional [psychisch] reality.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Daniel W. Bloesch (Translator) • Life Together
Did you get the one with the two poems? It was just sent off that evening, and it also contained a few introductory remarks on our theological theme. The poem about Christians and pagans contains an idea that you will recognize: ‘Christians stand by God in his hour of grieving’; that is what distinguishes Christians from pagans. Jesus asked in
... See moreDietrich Bonhoeffer • Letters Papers From Prison
Jeder Mensch aber ist nicht nur er selber, er ist auch der einmalige, ganz besondere, in jedem Fall wichtige und merkwürdige Punkt, wo die Erscheinungen der Welt sich kreuzen, nur einmal so und nie wieder. Darum ist jedes Menschen Geschichte wichtig, ewig, göttlich, darum ist jeder Mensch, solange er irgend lebt und den Willen der Natur erfüllt,
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