Daily Inspiration
Because we ignore the sacrifices that lead to peace, we know nothing of God’s will to unite or of his well-considered thoughts of unity. Peace blooms on the soil of genuine truthfulness that is shown only in a life sacrificed to the utmost and spent in unarmed but all-out combat against any opposition to unity and constructive peace. The heart that makes the perfect sacrifice – the mightiest power of all worlds – is the only strength that can bring peace. - Eberhard ArnoldMore Quotes
Pastor
From the time of his conversion at age sixteen Arnold involved himself in the spiritual care of others: first as a leader in the Student Christian Movement, later as a counselor for soldiers returning home from the battlefields of World War I, and then as leader of the Bruderhof, the Christian community he founded.
I can only say that I feel more and more certain and more and more happy in my inner calling to deeds in the love of Jesus, and to the discipleship of Christ in all aspects of practical life. - Eberhard ArnoldLearn More
Educator
Friend of the Arts
Public Intellectual
Church Historian
To the prophetic view, God appears as the guide and shepherd of all history. He guides men’s external destinies towards the one goal, which is the uniting of all nations in one fold. Man is received into the domain of God’s kingdom. The essence of this kingdom is the rulership of love. - Eberhard ArnoldLearn More
Theologian
Jesus paves the new way for God to enter the world. This new way seeks out darkness but does not fall prey to it. Not until now can God, in the outpouring of his Spirit, unfold his heart to humankind in full forgiveness and reconciliation. - Eberhard ArnoldLearn More
Communitarian
It is clear to us that the first Christian community in Jerusalem was more than a historical happening. It was here that the Sermon on the Mount came to life. - Eberhard ArnoldLearn More
Christian Socialist and Pacifist
Christ’s people are sent out to work among humanity, to have an effect in the world, just as Jesus himself did. They must represent the message of the future kingdom, and their task and their actions cannot be different from Christ’s: to bring help and deliverance for soul and body, to heal and help in all sufferings and torments. - Eberhard ArnoldLearn More
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Bruderhof
Founded by Eberhard Arnold in 1920, the Bruderhof is an intentional Christian community of more than 2,900 people living in twenty-three settlements on four continents. As a fellowship of families and singles practicing radical discipleship in the spirit of the first church in Jerusalem, Bruderhof members gladly renounce private property and share everything in common.
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