Bonhoeffer tackles such tough issues that were prevalent in Lutheran Germany previous to National Socialist Germany and WWII in his 'Cost of Discipleship.' Hung in the gallows as a prisoner of the Nazis at the end of the Second World War, Bonhoeffer alone stands as a testament - this book is living proof. https://yellowpg160.weebly.com/comic-life-mac-download-free.html. THE IMPACT OF DIETRICH BONHOEFFER ON TWENTYFIRST CENTURY PREACHERS AND PREACHING INTRODUCTION The subject of this paper is to show the impact Dietrich Bonhoeffer can have on twenty first century preacher’s view of the cost of discipleship and how that view influences their preaching. The Cost of Discipleship - eBook. The Cost of Discipleship compels the reader to face himself and God in any situation. Bonhoeffer speaks of 'Cheap Grace': preaching forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession. Gunz 2 for mac download. 'Cheap Grace' is grace without discipleship. The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer My rating: 4 of 5 stars What is the cost of being a disciple of Jesus Christ? Well that is what this book explains. Bonhoeffer makes nit plain that the price is high. Ther cost means we must die to self! I few quotes from the book: Jesus asks nothing of us without giving us the strength to perform it. Bonhoeffer, 'he bids him come and die.' There are different kinds of dying, it is true; but the essence of discipleship is contained in those words. And this marvellous book is a commentary on the cost. Dietrich himself was a martyr many times before he died. https://gotoentrancement672.weebly.com/tremolo-vst-plugin-download.html. He was one of the first as well as one of the bravest wit nesses against idolatry.
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One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between ourselves and the teachings of Jesus in this classic text on ethics, humanism, and civic duty.
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?..more
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Apr 19, 2012Dwight Davis rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I went into Discipleship thinking that I would really hate it. I love the early academic theology of Bonhoeffer, and I'm really interested in Bonhoeffer studies, but I figured that a book couldn't be that interesting and ground breaking if so many fundamentalists love it. I was so wrong.
Bonhoeffer puts forth a lot of very radical ideas here. The idea of the Church being the physical manifestation of Christ, and therefore vicariously representing Christ on earth is brilliant. Bonhoeffer completel..more
Dec 30, 2009Sandy Ferguson rated it it was amazing
Where does one begin? Jan 02, 2009
This is a book that will profoundly change your understanding about what it means to be a person of faith in the world. Bonhoeffer challenges us to look beyond the values of this world, and asks us are we willing to embrace the true cost of discipleship? His analysis of cheap grace, and its corrupting influence reminds us that there are times that we have to challenge the powers of this world, that there are times when to be a good Christian means we can't always be a good c..more ![]()
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Listened to the audio version of this book and found it very compelling. It challenged me in ways I didn't know I needed challenging, which is why it earns 5 stars from me. As a lifelong cultural Catholic and for the last twenty years (or so) actively striving-to-be-Christlike Catholic, I need books which help me to look at my faith from a fresh perspective.
Bonhoeffer's eclectic approach to the Gospels reminds me very much of his German compatriot and one of my other favorite authors, Pope Bened..more
Feb 21, 2013Mike rated it really liked it
I have spent most of my life attending what are generally called the mainline Protestant denominations in the US. I grew up in the United Methodist Church and I'm now a PCUSA Presbyterian. I have heard this book quoted or referenced In sermons and bible studies more times than I can count. But I had never actually read it myself so I decided to as part of a Lenten discipline of reading only books on religion during Lent.
Having now finished, I am surprised at its popularity among liberal Christi..more
This book will mess you up, and you will be better for it - at least it should. Bonhoeffer combats what he coins 'cheap grace' (i.e., grace with no demand, no cost, no cross). He demonstrates that the life of discipleship is the life of crucifixion. But this is not from some pussified metrosexual pastor, wearing his tight button-down, throwing around terms like 'imitatio christi.' No, this is from a man who did it, who faithfully followed and bore witness to Christ until the end when he was hung..more
Oct 01, 2019Amy rated it it was amazing
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It took me about two years to read this one. I would pick it up, pause to meditate on a profound line, misplace the book, find it weeks later, read a little more, pause to mediate, lose it again..
I'm not used to reading books I cannot zip through. But this one seriously challenged me. I couldn't rush through it. I needed to stop and think about what it actually meant. Words to describe it: Profound. Thought-provoking. Challenging. Encouraging. Motivating. I forgot how much I missed doctrine. It..more
Whew! My brain is mush.
It has been really helpful for me to read this book alongside my friend and mentor. We have gotten together over the past three weeks (and once more this Friday) to discuss what we've read and how our lives as disciples differ from Bonhoeffer's definition of a disciple. *** UPDATE 9/14/18: I came across this article which helped me better understand Bonhoeffer's theology. We need to be discerning readers. A Reliable Guide? https://banneroftruth.org/us/resource..
Wow. I’m so glad I finally “read” (listened) to this compelling book. Now I need to read my old print copy with pen- in- hand to mark up all the gems that inspired and challenged me.
Nov 17, 2011Bob rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I'm not going to attempt to 'review' such a classic work. Rather, I thought I would comment on what I thought were some striking themes in Bonhoeffer's work.
One thing is the theme of unqualified obedience to Christ. One of Bonhoeffer's chapters is 'The Call of Discipleship' and I think that may have been an even more appropriate title for the book. The call is both a gracious call, one we need but don't deserve, and a call to implicit, unqualified obedience in following Christ, as in the case of..more
Indeed a great book!!!
Bonhoffers work is dripping and saturated with the spirit of a martyr, which hasn't loss a bit from his freshness and his relevance to the present.. The deep love to his Lord, and his genuine esteem for God's word, are without doubt the items that stand out visible trough the entire book. Bonhoeffer explain the difference between what he calls the cheap grace versus the costly grace. Particularly trough the light by the chapter about single-minded obedience I've been exposed..more
May 07, 2013Paul Mullen rated it really liked it
Having read Eric Mataxus's brilliant biography of Bonhoeffer.. 5 stars.. skip this review.. go read the biography.. I had to read more of what Bonhoeffer wrote. It is tough reading. Good food, but vegetables when my brain occasionally wanted chocolate!
The book is divided into 5 sections: 1) Grace and discipleship 2) The Sermon on the Mount 3) The messengers 4) The Church of Jesus Christ and the life of discipleship The book is worth your time if you're interested in deepening in discipleship. Se..more
Aug 01, 2011Jeanie rated it liked it
Bonhoeffer was only a few that understood that National Socialism was godless and in my opionion stripping men of dignity, liberty and freedom. I think this is a good read because the enemy of cheap grace is so rapid in our churches today. Bonhoeffer lived in a time where cheap grace could not be afforded and so do we. The book gives a clear understanding of grace thru discipleship. Bonhoeffer goes on to say that this cheap grace is what we give ourselves instead of being given by God thru Jesus..more
Dec 28, 2012Natalie Weber rated it it was amazing
Ever since reading the remarkable Bonhoeffer biography by Eric Metaxas last year, I’ve been eager to read more of Bonhoeffer’s own writings. Discipleship is of particular interest to me, so I decided to start with this book. As was alluded to in the biography, the book deals not primarily with the concept of discipleship in regards to discipling others, but primarily with the individual’s role and responsibilities as a disciple of Christ. I copied down many excerpts from various chapters, but es..more
Jul 18, 2010Barry rated it it was ok · review of another edition
This book is chock full of wisdom and deeply profound insights, but it took me almost two months to get through it simply because its readability is quite low. Perhaps this is because of the translation, or because Mr Bonhoeffer wrote in a different era, but whatever the reason, it's a tough read. Compounding the problem of poor readability is the injection of strong opinions about non-essential Christian beliefs. Writers are entitled to their opinions like everyone else, and I'm entitled to dis..more
Some final thoughts here after reading Cost of Discipleship. I give it 4/5 stars, but I would almost rather knock it down to 3/5. However, I suspect that its worth grows on future re-readings. I hoped for better exposition of Scripture, but I was also very taken with Bonhoeffer's theological courage and often exacting pull-no-punches arguments. For brevity's sake, I'll leave my comments as an itemized list:
What about joy and resurrection? Bonhoeffer barely develops this central aspect of the dis..more
Glad to have finally gotten through this classic. The opening of the book was very edifying and I enjoyed the way how the author tackled on the problem of cheap grace theology. Dietrich Bonhoeffer is truly a Lutheran and one get that feel in the book. It is a call to believers to be disciples of Jesus Christ and to be one faithfully. An excellent book for a believer to read to count the cost and one in which the readers must keep in mind that for the author who lived in Nazi Germany had to pay t..more
I wish I could have read this book in its original language - German - because I'm just just a bit of the brilliance is lost in translation. However, the necessary content has remained well intact and it is the content which makes it a book for all seasons, nations, and peoples. In Bonhoeffer's work, he describes the many ways in which the Christian will have to sacrifice himself in order to follow Christ. He deals seriously with topics such as 'the Enemy,' speaking of the time which is 'coming..more
Aug 08, 2010Jeremy rated it it was amazing
I'm rating this a 5 mostly due to the personal significance I derived while reading, as well as for the enormous theological insight Bonhoeffer's book gave me, in particular about what the Beatitudes actually mean. I put this in the 'life-changing' heading of my personal library, and I'd estimate that about 25% of my copy is now underlined. As for readability, it was a bit of a slog at points as Bonhoeffer's style is quite academic, though his insights are broadly relevant. Overall I found his e..more
What is the cost of being a disciple of Jesus Christ? Well that is what this book explains. Bonhoeffer makes nit plain that the price is high. Ther cost means we must die to self! I few quotes from the book:
Jesus asks nothing of us without giving us the strength to perform it. His commandment never seeks to destroy life, but to foster, strengthen and heal it. p. 40 'Ye are the salt.' Jesus does not say: ' You must be the salt.' It is not for the disciples to decide whether they will be the salt..more
'When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.'
As a Christian this book was deeply challenging and moving to me. It's difficult to put into words the effect that this book has. Someone of another faith or belief system may find it hard to sympathize, but reading the text will have a similar effect on anyone. Bonhoeffer lived out the radical faith he preaches in this work, and proved it with his life. This forum is too short a medium to convey everything unique and valuable about this work,..more
Within the first few pages of the first chapter, I fell in love with this book. The first chapter, entitled “Costly Grace,” caught me hook, line, and sinker. This is not to say, however, that Bonhoeffer keeps me fastened to his words. Actually, quite the opposite happens. I find that his thoughts become repetitive, and unnecessarily provocative. Themes are repeated over and over. This is not to say that The Cost of Discipleship does not offer a good read, rather it was unnecessarily repetitive i..more
Sep 22, 2011Emily Woodham rated it it was amazing
I loved this book! Some passages were more difficult than others, but I found it to be time well spent to think through what Bonhoeffer had to say. Aug 06, 2013Charlene rated it it was amazing
I disagree with some of Bonhoeffer's pacifist views. He mentioned that he differs from the Reformers on those points, and I think I'd side more with them. Considering that he was a part of the plot to assassinate Hitler, I'd be interested to know how he reconciled the plot with what he proposes in The Cost. I am reading his biography by Metaxas, and..more
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This book begins with a devotional and challenging coverage of the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew's Gospel. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was jailed in World War II because he resisted Nazi influence in the Church and elsewhere. He was hung just before the prison camp was liberated by the Allies.
I used to read this book once per year, especially the material about what Bonhoeffer calls 'Cheap Grace.' As a New Testament Professor, I also assigned it as part of a seminary course on Matthew's Gospel, so th..more
Oct 26, 2013Brent McCulley rated it really liked it
What is the cost of discipleship? What is cheap grace? What is the Christian walk wherefrom we have stolen what is most holy and subsequently profaned? Bonhoeffer tackles such tough issues that were prevalent in Lutheran Germany previous to National Socialist Germany and WWII in his 'Cost of Discipleship.' Hung in the gallows as a prisoner of the Nazis at the end of the Second World War, Bonhoeffer alone stands as a testament - this book is living proof. 'When Christ calls a man, He bids him com..more
Feb 05, 2012Andrew rated it really liked it
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One of the most personally challenging books I've read; this is not 'family-friendly', soft-hearted, mush-minded evangelicalism but a hard, robust Christianity that recognises the true 'cost': suffering and death in the hope of being raised to new life. I only wish he had drawn even a little from Wesley, rather than largely from Luther on the matter of sanctification (which didn't go nearly far enough, and remained somewhat in despair of sin).
Perhaps it is because it has taken me many months of reading just a few pages every Sunday to reach the end of this book, it has become very dear to me. The ideas it has helped me wrestle with and the challenge it gives me to live an active and sacrificial faith make it worth the time spent in its pages.
Do I agree with Bonhoeffer on everything? No, but there was room for plenty of dialogue between us as I followed his thinking and challenged my own. Ideas I will continue to ruminate on are: costl..more
Dec 15, 2018Will rated it it was amazing
“If a father sends his child to bed, the boy knows at once what he has to do. But suppose he has picked up a smattering of pseudo-theology. In that case he would argue more or less like this: ‘Father tells me to go to bed, but he really means that I am tired, and he does not want me to be tired. I can overcome my tiredness just as well if I go out and play. Therefore though father tells me to go to bed, he really means: Go out and play.’”
In this book, Bonhoeffer coined the term cheap grace. Justification by grace alone is arrived at as the answer to a sum, not as the initial data in man's spiritual quest; here is a relevant quotation from the book:
At the end of a life spent in the pursuit of knowledge Faust has to confess: 'I now do see that we can nothing know.' That is the answer to a sum, it is the outcome of a long experience. But as Kierkegaard observed, it is quite a different thing when a freshman comes up to the university..more
Alright, Alright, I admit, I only read about 3/4's of this book. While I loved Life Together, I could not get into this text. It was a slog. Clearly some rich stuff, but it failed to catch me.
May 08, 2011Will Waller rated it it was amazing
The cost of discipleship was an important one for me-turned a new corner with this one. Here are some of my notes from it:
The seemingly dischotomous problem of the clals to faith through grace with the call to obedience as well. * they are not divorced but are united--the story of Peter and the boat. * he must be called to obey -- they faith in Jesus exists and he obeys the call to it. * to the sinner who struggles with faith he must obey Jesus' way then he will find faith. Story of the young ric..more
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian. He was also a participant in the German Resistance movement against Nazism, a founding member of the Confessing Church. His involvement in plans by members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office) to assassinate Adolf Hitler resulted in his arrest in April 1943 and his subsequent execution by hanging in April 1945, sho..more
“Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.”
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“Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.”
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“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”
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“By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.”
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“When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.”
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“Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. It is costly because it condemns sin, and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son: 'Ye were bought at a price', and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us. Above all, it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delivered him up for us. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God.”
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“Cheap grace means grace sold on the market like cheapjacks' wares. The sacraments, the forgiveness of sin, and the consolations of religion are thrown away at cut prices. Grace is represented as the Church's inexhaustible treasury, from which she showers blessings with generous hands, without asking questions or fixing limits. Grace without price; grace without cost! The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything can be had for nothing. Since the cost was infinite, the possibilities of using and spending it are infinite. What would grace be if it were not cheap?..
Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate. Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will go and sell all that he has. It is the pearl of great price to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye which causes him to stumble; it is the call of Jesus Christ at which the disciple leaves his nets and follows him. Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. It is costly because it condemns sin, and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son: 'ye were bought at a price,' and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us. Above all, it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delivered him up for us. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God.” ― ![]()
“It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.”
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“Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.”
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“Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected. In the wilderness God gave Israel the manna every day, and they had no need to worry about food and drink. Indeed, if they kept any of the manna over until the next day, it went bad. In the same way, the disciple must receive his portion from God every day. If he stores it up as a permanent possession, he spoils not only the gift, but himself as well, for he sets his heart on accumulated wealth, and makes it a barrier between himself and God. Where our treasure is, there is our trust, our security, our consolation and our God. Hoarding is idolatry.”
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“Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.”
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“The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.”
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“Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends”
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“The messengers of Jesus will be hated to the end of time. They will be blamed for all the division which rend cities and homes. Jesus and his disciples will be condemned on all sides for undermining family life, and for leading the nation astray; they will be called crazy fanatics and disturbers of the peace. The disciples will be sorely tempted to desert their Lord. But the end is also near, and they must hold on and persevere until it comes. Only he will be blessed who remains loyal to Jesus and his word until the end.”
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“How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe.”
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“Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love. Be his enmity political or religious, he has nothing to expect from a follower of Jesus but unqualified love. In such love there is not inner discord between the private person and official capacity. In both we are disciples of Christ, or we are not Christians at all.”
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“[Jesus] stands between us and God, and for that very reason he stands between us and all other men and things. He is the Mediator, not only between God and man, but between man and man, between man and reality. Since the whole world was created through him and unto him (John 1:3; 1st Cor. 8:6; Heb. 1:2), he is the sole Mediator in the world..
The call of Jesus teaches us that our relation to the world has been built on an illusion. All the time we thought we had enjoyed a direct relation with men and things. This is what had hindered us from faith and obedience. Now we learn that in the most intimate relationships of life, in our kinship with father and mother, bothers and sisters, in married love, and in our duty to the community, direct relationships are impossible. Since the coming of Christ, his followers have no more immediate realities of their own, not in their family relationships nor in the ties with their nation nor in the relationships formed in the process of living. Between father and son, husband and wife, the individual and the nation, stands Christ the Mediator, whether they are able to recognize him or not. We cannot establish direct contact outside ourselves except through him, through his word, and through our following of him. To think otherwise is to deceive ourselves. But since we are bound to abhor any deception which hides the truth from our sight, we must of necessity repudiate any direct relationship with the things of this world--and that for the sake of Christ. Wherever a group, be it large or small, prevents us from standing alone before Christ, wherever such a group raises a claim of immediacy it must be hated for the sake of Christ. For every immediacy, whether we realize it or not, means hatred of Christ, and this is especially true where such relationships claim the sanctions of Christian principles., There is no way from one person to another. However loving and sympathetic we try to be, however sound our psychology, however frank and open our behavior, we cannot penetrate the incognito of the other man, for there are no direct relationships, not even between soul and soul. Christ stands between us, and we can only get into touch with our neighbors through him. That is why intercession is the most promising way to reach our neighbors, and corporate prayer, offered in the name of Christ, the purest form of fellowship.” ― Bonhoeffer Sermons Pdf
“So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going back home with the uncomfortable feeling that we are making it too difficult for them to come to Jesus.”
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“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' These men without possessions or power, these strangers on Earth, these sinners, these followers of Jesus, have in their life with him renounced their own dignity, for they are merciful. As if their own needs and their own distress were not enough, they take upon themselves the distress and humiliation of others. They have an irresistible love for the down-trodden, the sick, the wretched, the wronged, the outcast and all who are tortured with anxiety. They go out and seek all who are enmeshed in the toils of sin and guilt. No distress is too great, no sin too appalling for their pity. If any man falls into disgrace, the merciful will sacrifice their own honour to shield him, and take his shame upon themselves.”
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“To be called to a life of extraordinary quality, to live up to it, and yet to be unconscious of it is indeed a narrow way. To confess and testify to the truth as it is in Jesus, and at the same time to love the enemies of that truth, his enemies and ours, and to love them with the infinite love of Jesus Christ, is indeed a narrow way. To believe the promise of Jesus that his followers shall possess the earth, and at the same time to face our enemies unarmed and defenceless, preferring to incur injustice rather than to do wrong ourselves, is indeed a narrow way. To see the weakness and wrong in others, and at the same time refrain from judging them; to deliver the gospel message without casting pearls before swine, is indeed a narrow way. The way is unutterably hard, and at every moment we are in danger of straying from it. If we regard this way as one we follow in obedience to an external command, if we are afraid of ourselves all the time, it is indeed an impossible way. But if we behold Jesus Christ going on before step by step, we shall not go astray.”
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“The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior must be determined not by the way others treat him, but by the treatment he himself receives from Jesus; it has only one source, and that is the will of Jesus.”
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“True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be aware of its dangers. In the last resort it is immaterial whether we pray in the open street or in the secrecy of our chambers, whether briefly or lenghtily, in the Litany of the Church, or with the sigh of one who knows not what he should pray for. True prayer does not depend either on the individual or the whole body of the faithful, but solely upon the knowledge that our Heavenly Father knows our needs.”
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“No sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.”
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“The community of the saints is not an 'ideal' community consisting of perfect and sinless men and women, where there is no need of further repentance. No, it is a community which proves that it is worthy of the gospel of forgiveness by constantly and sincerely proclaiming God's forgiveness..Sanctification means driving out the world from the Church as well as separating the Church from the world. But the purpose of such discipline is not to establish a community of the perfect, but a community consisting of men who really live under the forgiving mercy of God.”
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“[God says] Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend - it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own comprehension, and I will help you to comprehend even as I do. Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge. My comprehension transcends yours.”
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“In the New Testament our enemies are those who harbour hostility against us, not those against whom we cherish hostility, for Jesus refuses to reckon with such a possibility. The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behaviour must be determined not by the way others treat him, but by the treatment he himself receives from Jesus; it has only one source, and that is the will of Jesus.”
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“Anything I cannot thank God for for the sake of Christ, I may not thank God for at all; to do so would be sin. .. We cannot rightly acknowledge the gifts of God unless we acknowledge the Mediator for whose sake alone they are given to us.”
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“Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.”
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“grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.”
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“The earthly form of Christ is the form that died on the cross. The image of God is the image of Christ crucified. It is to this image that the life of the disciples must be conformed; in other words, they must be conformed to his death (Phil 3.10, Rom 6.4) The Christian life is a life of crucifixion (Gal 2.19) In baptism the form of Christ's death is impressed upon his own. They are dead to the flesh and to sin, they are dead to the world, and the world is dead to them (Gal 6.14). Anybody living in the strength of Christ's baptism lives in the strength of Christ's death.”
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“If any man would come after me, let him deny himself.' The disciple must say to himself the same words Peter said of Christ when he denied him: 'I know not this man.' Self-denial is never just a series of isolated acts of mortification or asceticism. It is not suicide, for there is an element of self-will even in that. To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only him who goes before and no more the road which is too hard for us. Once more, all that self denial can say is: 'He leads the way, keep close to him.”
― Cost Of Discipleship : Bonhoeffer Pdf
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