"We shall confess-he shall build. We shall preach-he shall build. We shall pray to him-he shall build. We do not know his plan. We do not see whether he builds or tears down. It may be that the times, which by human standards are times of collapse, are for him the times of great building. It may be that the times, which by human standards are times of great success, are for him the times to tear down. It is a great comfort that Christ gives to his church: confess, preach, and bear witness to me. I alone will build as it pleases me. Don't give me orders. Do your job-then you have done enough. You are all right. Don't seek out reasons and opinions. Don't keep judging. Don't keep checking again and again to see if you are secure. Church, remain a church! But, you, church-confess, confess, confess! You have only one Lord-Christ alone. By his grace alone you live. Christ builds." Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christmas Sermons (Grand Rapids:Zondervan, 2005), 80.