"My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.
May we be enabled to say "No" to sin and "Yes" to the sinner.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer ~
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May we be enabled to say "No" to sin and "Yes" to the sinner.
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"Reproof is unavoidable. God’s Word demands it when a brother falls into open sin. The practice of discipline in the congregation begins in the smalles...
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"The real difference in the believer who follows Christ and has mortified his will and died after the old man in Christ, is that he is more clearly awa...
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"When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.
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