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Here all fear of one another, all timidity about praying freely in one's own words in the presence of others may be put aside where in all simplicity ...more

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Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than they love the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community e...more

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Judgement is the forbidden objectivization of the other person which destroys single-minded love. I am not forbidden to have my own thoughts about the...more

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Every cult of personality that emphasizes the distinguished qualities, virtues, and talents of another person, even though these be of an altogether s...more

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Freedom for the Church comes from the necessity of the Word of God. Otherwise, it becomes arbitrariness and ends in a great many new ties.

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Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.

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Many people seek fellowship because they are afraid to be alone...let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will do harm to himself and to t...more

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If we would answer the question of the existence of the Evil then we would not be sinners, we could make something else responsible.

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Where a people prays, there is the hurch; and where the church is; there is never loneliness.

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Is the invisible presence of the Christian fellowship a reality and a help to the individual? Is the Word of God close to him as a comfort and a stren...more

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The church can only defend its own space by fighting, not for space, but for the salvation of the world. Otherwise the church becomes a "religious soc...more

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God travels wonderful ways with human beings, but he does not comply with the views and opinions of people. God does not go the way that people want t...more

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...And then, just when everything is bearing down on us to such an extent that we can scarcely withstand it, the Christmas message comes to tell us th...more

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The lack of mystery in our modern life is our downfall and our poverty. A human life is worth as much as the respect it holds for the mystery. We reta...more

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The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to ...more