Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Tegel Prison in May 1944: “…I can only say that I have no wish to live in any other time than our own, even though it is so inconsiderate of our outward well-being. +++ It will be the task of our generation, not to “seek great things,” but to save and preserve …

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A quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, which Justin Taylor borrowed from someone else’s book: Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved in it, the more …

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Trevin Wax unpacks a few thoughts provoked by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Scot McKnight. Here’s a quote from Bonhoeffer: “Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than they love the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their personal intentions may be ever so honest, earnest and sacrificial.” And …

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