p. 158
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From whom are we to hide the visibility of our discipleship? Certainly not from other men, for we are told to let them see our light. No. We are to hide it from ourselves. Our task is simply to keep on following, looking only to our Leader who goes on before, taking no notice of ourselves or of what we are doing.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "From whom are we to hide the visibility of our discipleship? Certainly not from other men, for we are told to let them see our light. No. We are to hide it from ourselves. Our task is simply to keep on following, looking only to our Leader who goes on before, taking no notice of ourselves or of what we are doing." in the context of "p. 158" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Dietrich Bonhoeffer" (Quotes, Discipleship (1937): Quotes from English translations of Nachfolge (1937), also translated as The Cost of Discipleship (1949) , The Hidden Righteousness)
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About Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and founding member of the Confessing Church.
About Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and founding member of the Confessing Church.
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