“Silence in the face of evil is evil itself.”

More pertinent timely quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer February 4 1906 – April 9, 1945

“Silence in the face of evil is evil itself. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”

“Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.”

“May we be enabled to say ‘No’ to sin and ‘Yes’ to the sinner.”

“Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.”

“Seek God, not happiness – this is the fundamental rule of all meditation. If you seek God alone, you will gain happiness: that is the promise.”

“We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts. How can God entrust us great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things?”

“One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.”

“We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.”

The community of the saints is not an ‘ideal’ community consisting of perfect and sinless men and women, where there is no need of further repentance. NO, it is a community which proves that it is worthy of the gospel of forgiveness by constantly and sincerely proclaiming God’s forgiveness.”

Gleamed from crosswalk.com Emily Maust Woods, Crosswalk Contributor 03/04/21