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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Victory Through Suffering - Lutheran (John 16:33)

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"The world gives trouble; Christ gives peace. But His peace is not escape from trouble—He overcame through the cross, through suffering, through death. Our victory is not around suffering but through it. Take heart: the suffering servant has conquered death itself." — Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Lutheran: victory through cross.

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John 16:33

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