Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

Radical obedience always gives priority to what God has said over what He hasn't said.

A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.

I mean to live my life as an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth.

No political leader deserves the allegiance of what he never created. I can only give my allegiance to the one God. So when my President calls I don’t jump. If his call is not in accordance with the call of God, I do not answer.

Obey God, obey his Prophet, and obey those in authority over you.

My obedience is not to the law but to the Great Creator.

We must obey God and not man.

Beware of reasoning about God's Word - obey It.

It was not to save a nation that Abraham went to sacrifice Isaac, nor to appease angry gods... Then why does Abraham do it? For God's sake... He does it for the sake of God because God demands proof of his faith... He was not justified by being virtuous, but by being an individual submitted to God in faith.

To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.

God has enough grace to solve every dilemma you face, wipe every tear you cry, and answer every question you ask.

The Goddess does not shower her gifts on those who reject them.

There's only one thing to do with God's offer of the gift of salvation: Say "thank you" and embrace it.

The sun must not set upon anger, much less will I let the sun set upon the anger of God towards me.

Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice.

Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw.

If I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage, I believe that I would have been damned.

Don't try to impress God with your works" or "Don't attempt to please God with your merits" or "Don't try to keep the rules and regulations in order to earn your salvation." He looked around at nearly slumbering collections of utterly casual Christians and wondered, "Who's trying?

The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealing, and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God's Word.

We have no more thought of using our own powers to escape the arm of authorities than had the Apostles of old. No more are we ready to keep silent at man's behest when God commands us to speak. For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man.

What does God require of us? Our part is to believe. Our work is to trust the Lord. His requirement is that we let go and let God.

To be entirely safe from the devil's snares the man of God must be completely obedient to the Word of the Lord. The driver on the highway is safe, not when he reads the signs but when he obeys them.

What kind of believer are you? Do you believe IN God?. Or do you believe God? There is a major distinction. People who believe in God, simply acknowledge the existence of a Higher Power. People who believe God believe Him enough to do what He says.

No one need fear to listen to the voice of God unless he has already made up his mind to resist it.

A man rejects God neither because of intellectual demands nor because of the scarcity of evidence. A man rejects God because of a moral resistance that refuses to admit his need for God.