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The Cost of Discipleship
The Cost of Discipleship
The Cost of Discipleship
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The Cost of Discipleship

Written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Narrated by Paul Michael

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What can the call to discipleship, the adherence to the word of Jesus, mean today to the businessman, the soldier, the laborer, or the aristocrat? What did Jesus mean to say to us? What is his will for us today? Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, Dietrich Bonhoeffer answers these timeless questions by providing a seminal reading of the dichotomy between "cheap grace" and "costly grace." "Cheap grace," Bonhoeffer wrote, "is the grace we bestow on ourselves...grace without discipleship....Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the girl which must be asked for, the door at which a man must know....It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life."

The Cost of Discipleship is a compelling statement of the demands of sacrifice and ethical consistency from a man whose life and thought were exemplary articulations of a new type of leadership inspired by the Gospel, and imbued with the spirit of Christian humanism and a creative sense of civic duty.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherEChristian, Inc. Audio
Release dateMar 1, 2009
ISBN9781596446700

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  • 5/5
    Thought provoking and deep. Wonderful book. Highly recommended for any believer desiring a deeper relationship with Christ
  • 5/5
    Absolutely phenomenal! This book changed my life! It answered so many questions I've had for so long about so many things. It's easy reading/listening, and the narrator's voice is great. This book should be required reading for new converts to the Christian faith.
  • 5/5
    Some books explain for the modern Christian the meaning of calling oneself a Christian. Our present world could stand to read this! Maybe they wouldn’t want to call themselves Christian any more!???❤️???

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  • 5/5
    Excellent reading, very inspirational and from my perspective a good biblical background, the words of Jesus are hard and truthful, Bonhoeffer’s writing reflects a deep and honest search for the biblical truth.

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  • 5/5
    This was a tough read. Not that the translation from the German was obtuse. No, what Herr Bonhoeffer had to say was quite clear. The difficulty arose from my conscience when Bonhoeffer talked about what is and isn't following Jesus. Like many, I like to think that since I trust Jesus to forgive my sins, the sins I do commit really don't matter. That just isn't so. As the book points out, when I sin, I stop following Jesus. That, friends, was a scary concept. I was resting comfortably on my salvation and to have that pulled out from under me was very troubling. So much so that the first time I attempted to read this tome I ended up putting it aside. This year I attempted it again and was able to handle it better. It's not that I'm less of a sinner now, but rather that confronting the harsh reality of the law forced me to take a look at God's grace. I realize that the forgiveness that Jesus offers is for the unfaithful disciple as well as for those who don't know better. Which is not to excuse my failures and rebellions. I certainly deserve to rot in hell for all eternity. I'm grateful that I don't have to, that my eternal life depends on God's mercy rather than my obedience. This is a book written for Christians, so if you believe that God is willing to forgive you for Jesus' sake, then go ahead and read this book. I'm putting it on my shelf, where it's ready to be read again. If you don't believe, go read the Bible instead.--J.

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