Thoughts from Old Dead Guys - Part 3

From last Sunday's church bulletin (prelude w/ meditation), here is a small portion of Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer:

"Anybody who has once been horrified by the dreadfulness of his own sin that nailed Jesus to the cross will no longer be horrified by even the rankest sins of a brother."
"He who is alone with his sin is utterly alone...the pious fellowship permits no one to be a sinner. So everybody must conceal his sin from himself and from the fellowship. We dare not be sinners. Many Christians are unthinkably horrified when a real sinner is suddenly discovered among the righteous. So we remain alone with our sin, living in lies and hypocrisy. The fact is that we are sinners!"