The Cost of Discipleship
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Cheap grace versus costly grace, the Sermon on the Mount as command, and the call that 'when Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die'. Written in Nazi Germany by a pastor later executed for resistance. Severe and authoritative.
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Skip it if…
you want grace emphasised over demand; Bonhoeffer insists on both.
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Three things you will actually use
- Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of the church.
- Only he who believes is obedient; only he who is obedient believes.
- Discipleship costs everything and is worth it.
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Read the chapter on costly grace.
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