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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Hope in Captivity - Lutheran (Jeremiah 29:11)
Source: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison55 words
"I wrote from prison: 'I believe God will give us all the power we need to resist... I believe God will bring good out of evil.' Jeremiah 29:11 is a prison letter to exiles. Hope is not freedom from captivity but God's presence and purpose within it." — Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Hope in, not from, captivity.
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