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Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting to-day for costly grace.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945The Cost of Discipleship (1937), ch. 1 “Costly Grace”, p. 43
Patient endurance of evil does not mean a recognition of its rights. That is sheer sentimentality, and Jesus will have nothing to do with it.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “Revenge”, p. 142
- Good & Evil
Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “Costly Grace”, p. 45
Jesus is no draughtsman of political blueprints, he is the one who vanquished evil through suffering. It looked as though evil had triumphed on the cross, but the real victory belonged to Jesus.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “Revenge”, p. 142
- Good & Evil
The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
William Jennings Bryan1860–1925
No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity.
Edmund Burke1729–1797Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
- Charity
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
Lord Byron1788–1824Don Juan (1819–1824), Canto the First (1 of 2)In context
- Anti-Religion
But this we may positively state, that nobody has made any progress in the school of Christ unless he cheerfully looks forward to the day of his death and to the day of the final resurrection.
John Calvin1509–1564Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 78.
- Life & Death
We should not insist on absolute perfection of the gospel in our fellow Christians, however we may strive for it ourselves.
John Calvin1509–1564Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 21.
I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a man nailed to two pieces of wood. Especially if it’s me!
George Carlin1937–2008“Interview With Jesus”
- Anti-Religion
- Comedy
I never felt that my dedication to military service was a violation of my faith in Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace.
Jimmy Carter1924–2024Our Endangered Values (2005), Ch. 14 : Worshiping the Prince of Peace, or Preemptive War?, p. 147
We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
Jimmy Carter1924–2024Addressing a Bible class in Plains, Georgia (March 1976), as quoted in Boston Sunday Herald Advertiser (11 April 1976)
- Life & Death
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936What’s Wrong With The World (1910), The Unfinished Temple
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936In The Illustrated London News (16 July 1910)
There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936