“Jesus' call to bear the cross places all who follow him in the community of the forgiveness of sins.”

—  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Source: Discipleship (1937), Discipleship and the Cross, p. 88.
Context: Jesus' call to bear the cross places all who follow him in the community of the forgiveness of sins. Forgiving sins is the Christ-suffering required of his disciples. It is required of all Christians.

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German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi 1906–1945

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