The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

“The wondrous theme of the Bible that frightens so many people is that the only visible sign of God in the world is the cross. Christ is not carried away from earth to heaven in glory, but He must go to the cross. And precisely there, where the cross stands, the resurrection is near; even there, where everyone begins to doubt God, where everyone despairs of God’s power, there God is whole, there Christ is active and near. Where the power of darkness does violence to the light of God, there God triumphs and judges the darkness. Then”
― Michael Van Dyke, Radical Integrity: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Only when the individual identified with the Christ Who suffered and died, and when he identified with the body of Christ upon earth, the Church, did true self-denial become possible.”
― Michael Van Dyke, Radical Integrity: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer