Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

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

You might say, 'Can't we have a more human Christianity, without the cross, without Jesus, without stripping ourselves?' In this way we'd become pastry-shop Christians, like a pretty cake and nice sweet things. Pretty, but not true Christians.

Christian life means sacrifice.

Discipleship, following Jesus Christ is the toughest thing that you're going do in your whole life. You're not going to find anything tougher.

Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.

The first lesson in Christ's school is self-denial.

Jesus says if you want to have me, you must give up that other thing that has you.

If we are serious about our discipleship, Jesus will eventually request each of us to do those very things which are most difficult for us to do.

Salvation is free, but discipleship costs everything we have

It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.

Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.

The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don't even like the word.

Many think that the price of discipleship is too costly and too burdensome. For some, it involves giving up too much. But the cross is not as heavy as it appears to be. Through obedience, we acquire much greater strength to carry it.

To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly from any need to be relevant, and to trust ever more deeply the Word of God.

If every call to Christ and His righteousness is a call to suffering, the converse is equally - every call to suffering is a call to Christ, a promotion, an invitation to come up higher.

The words 'success' and 'single' do go together, especially in Christ.

If we can develop the character and work with God, then let him develop the character of Christ in us, we're going to become the best possible husband, the best possible wife.

What our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of the contract.

If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to - follow a little closer.

To follow Jesus means putting him first, and stripping ourselves of all the things that oppress our hearts.

If we are not willing to wake up in the morning and die to ourselves, perhaps we should ask ourselves whether or not we are really following Jesus.

I never said the way of Christ is easy. Are you prepared to let go of everything He would not approve?

Discipleship never consists in this or that specific action: it is always a decision, either for or against Jesus Christ.

During the season of Lent which begins today, we renew our commitment to the path of conversion, making more room for God in our lives.

Jesus said, "Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). We must honestly face the question, "Am I willing to give up a certain practice or habit that is keeping me from holiness?" It is at this point of commitment that most of us fail. We prefer to dally with sin, to try to play with it a little without getting too deeply involved.