joshua galvas says:

"Cheap Grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace." So begins this modern Christian classic. What Bonhoeffer is referring to here is the differing ideas of forgiveness with no change in action versus forgiveness with a complete lifestyle change. As Jesus said, a man would sell all he had for the treasure hidden in the field or the pearl of great price.

This book is divided into four parts, 1) Grace and Discipleship, 2) The Sermon on the Mount, 3) The Messengers and 4) The Church of Jesus Christ and the Love of Discipleship. While The Cost of Discipleship does go over my head at some points, I consider other areas extremely valuable to my faith. Part one in particular I would recommend to ANYONE new believer or otherwise. The Sermon on the Mount is good too but after that I tend to zone out and only pick up the rare jewel.

I would give part one as many stars as possible but the the whole book I'm going with four.

Also check out Focus on the Family's Radio Theatre production Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom.
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AudioFile Magazine says:

Bonhoeffer's classic text on the difference between cheap grace and costly faith calls upon the Christian Church to examine its faith in the light of scripture and not culture. Despite having been heavily influenced by the liberal and neo-orthodox German scholars of the early twentieth century (Tillich, Barth, Bultmann, for example), Bonhoeffer remains very orthodox in this work, concerning himself mainly with an elaborate examination of Christ's famous Sermon on the Mount. Having narrated Bonhoeffer's later work, LIFE TOGETHER, Paul Michael knows the author’s writing voice. Michael's take on the text brings a steady and measured tempo that many modern narrators would eschew for a more nuanced reading, but Michael understands the text and lets it speak for itself. S.M.M. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine #

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