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The Cost of Discipleship

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.

©1999 Dietrich Bonhoeffer (P)2009 christianaudio.com

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Narrator was great! I Enjoy listening to his voice, matches the mood of the book and is definitely not boring.

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fantastic classic

every Christian should read this book. Great challenges throughout. Stirs a desire to truly follow Christ.

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3rd time thru this book. enjoyed it immensely. great references to scripture. can't wait to read his other works

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Bonhoeffer was truly a great man.

This is truly a great book for contemplation and growth. If you are interested in a deeper Christian walk this is graduate material.

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Well read

I liked the jewels in every chapter. The author
is an original thinker. He embraced his writings and eventually became a martyr for Christ.
Sometimes the book seemed long but not often.
I highly recommend this book.
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Amazing

Extraordinary read, addictive, informative, motivational.
Bonhoeffer addresses controversial questions of his day and challenges us to examine our own faith and authenticity in our walk with Christ.

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Chapters 1-20 are inspired and inspiring, chapters 20 and beyond are redundant and clinical. I would recommend the first 20 chapters for anyone who claims Christianity or is interested in studying Christianity. He comes out swinging and doesn't slow until after chapter 20, these should be required reading. The last 12 chapters while informational, feel redundant and like one of those books where the church gets too wrapped up in theory and its own exegesis.

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Great book

Encouraging and challenging book on true biblical discipleship. This book challenges the cultural view of discipleship.

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Every Believer needs this

Excellent conveyance of the design of the body of Christ from scripture to everyday walk -a must read/listen.

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Completely worthy

Bombarded lays out the Gospel in easy to understand and biblically based doctrine. Excellent & moving.

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