The Cost of Discipleship

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 9 hrs

Publisher's summary

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.

©1999 Dietrich Bonhoeffer (P)2009 christianaudio.com

Captivating.

This book should be read and memorized by every Christian. I love every word glory be to God amen amen

Must read or listen

Loved it based on scripture and scripture used throughout. Recommend for everyone. This needs to be fifteen words.

solid guide for the seeking

well written and narrated, solid guide for the christian who seeks a closer relationship with Christ

Good overall

While written from a Lutheran point of view doctrinally, the overall meaning of discipleship for a Christian was conveyed very well. We are to be more like Christ day by day.

Great book

I enjoyed hearing the simple message of God's grace and how we need to be like a tree planted into Jesus. We need to let the life of Jesus flow through us. I can only boast in Jesus!

That was awesome

Very good book. Takes time ro read and understand. Don't hurry through it like a novel. Good thoughts for today's world and what the future holds for western Christians.

Bonhoeffer is becoming one of my favorites.

Great teaching that will challenge the way you consider your life in Christ. Knowing what he went through and the sacrifices he made makes this book all the more impressive. He was a man that had to rely on God and His grace.

this is one of the classic books of Christianity

this book is a foundational read for all Christians. The first five chapters alone will reorient the modern day Evangelical 2 a more balanced truth about God's grace then I think most people are getting from the pulpit these days. This is especially true if you are in a Seeker oriented Church

Great book, Better if you know the history

This is one of Bonhoeffer's earlier works and it is good by itself. If you know the history about what he would do and what he would go through later in his life it make it really interesting to see what he felt it meant to be a true Christian early on. "AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY"

Great for the soul& growth.; backed by the Word.

Love it. it is a great book to further your growth in Christ. The reading was on point as well.