One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. … - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself. Only if we expect from it the ultimate answer, shall we receive it. That is because in the Bible God speaks to us. And one cannot simply think about God in one’s own strength, one has to inquire of him. Only if we seek him, will he answer us.

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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

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Wherever there are sinners, the weak, the sorrowful, the poor in the world, that is where God goes.

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God can make a new beginning with people whenever God pleases, but not people with God. Therefore, people cannot make a new beginning at all; they can only pray for one. Where people are on their own and live by their own devices, there is only the old, the past.

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The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people.

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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. . . . . We must not. . . . . assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.

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