“Only in the cross of Jesus Christ is the love of God to be found.”

–Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Prayerbook of the Bible in Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Vol. 5 (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2005), 175.

3 responses

  1. As reluctant as I am to counter a mind such as Bonhoeffer’s, it seems like the love of God is to be found ultimately in the cross, but not only in the cross. Don’t we find the love of God in creation, in the Word, in the family, in the church, et al?
    Gary Brumbelow

    1. JE

      I’ll second that.

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