Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quote

God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it is one cross.
It is laid on every Christian. The first Christ-suffering that everyone has to experience is the call which summons us away from our attachments to this world. It is the death of the old self in the encounter with Jesus Christ. Those who enter into discipleship enter into Jesus' death.


p. 87. - Discipleship (1937) - Discipleship and the Cross


God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it...

God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it...

God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it...

God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it...