The activity will prove to be "peculiar" by leading the active person into Christ's own passion. This activity itself is perpetual suffering and endu… - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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The activity will prove to be "peculiar" by leading the active person into Christ's own passion. This activity itself is perpetual suffering and enduring. In it, Christ is suffered by his disciple. If this is not the case, it is not the activity Jesus intended. In this way, the "extraordinary" is the fulfilling of the law, the keeping of the commandments.

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About Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and founding member of the Confessing Church.

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Alternative Names: Bonhoeffer • Dietrich Bonhoefer • Dieter Bonhoeffer • D. Bonhoeffer • D. Bonhoefer • Bonhoefer • Dietrich BONHOEFFER • Dietrich Bonhoffer • Dietrich Bonhöffer • Bonhoeffer, Dietrich • Bonhoefer, Dietrich • Bonhoffer, Dietrich • Bonhöffer, Dietrich
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If when we judged others, our real motive was to destroy evil, we should look for evil where it is certain to be found, and that is in our own hearts. But if we are on the look-out for evil in others, our real motive is obviously to justify ourselves.
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