The church ... is not just to bandage the victims under the wheel, but to put a spoke in the wheel itself.

Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will occur along life's way and all that is required is the willingness to act when the time comes. The needs of the neighbor, especially those of the weak and downtrodden, the victimized and the persecuted, the ill and the lonely, will become abundantly evident.

Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?

How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe.

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

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.