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A true leader must know the limitations of his authority... if he understands his function in any other way than as it is rooted in fact, if he does not continually tell his followers quite clearly of the limited nature of his task and of their own responsibility' if he allows himself to surrender to the wishes of his followers, who would always make him an idol - then the image of the leader will pass over into the image of the mis-leader, and he will be acting in a criminal way not only towards those he leads, but also towards himself. 142

Death is hell and night cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so marvellous , that we can transform death.




Standard issue religion had made god small ... Bonhoeffer rejected this abbreviated God. 467.