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“If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all. ... How can I possibly serve another person in unfeigned humility if I seriously regard his sinfulness as worse than my own?”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

tags: comparison, judgment, sin, sinners-like-me

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“Where a people prays, there is the church; and where the church is; there is never loneliness.”
― Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

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“Luther labeled as theologies of glory all distortions of the Gospel that would promise the Christian elements of glory in this life if he will perfect or offer spiritual things that deserve God’s favor.”
― Steven A. Hein, The Christian Life: Cross or Glory?

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