The Cost of Discipleship

religion, demanding little effort and no obedience. Bonhoeffer, who was eventually martyred, knew intimately that , “When Christ calls a man [sic], he bids him come and die.”1 For Bonhoeffer, then, death is the mark of true discipleship and is a

He says, “Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ”. It gets better. Shortly after Bonhoeffer begins to list off what costly grace is like. He says, “Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his son”. When you look deeper into these statements, what he is saying is truly insightful. While he lists all of what he defines

Dietrich Bonhoeffer remained faithful to God throughout the Shoah and believed that his faith in God directed him to take part in a conspiracy with the motive to remove Hitler from power and later assassinate him. He did not blame God for the Shoah and instead stated “He is weak and powerless in the world, and that is precisely the way, the only way, in which he is with us and helps us. [The Bible] … makes quite clear that Christ helps us, not by virtue of his omnipotence, but by virtue of his weakness

In this paper, the writer will reveal how becoming a disciple of Jesus arranged and rearranged life about the 'Great Commission. ' The writer will also express one area that is more efficient to rearrange as a disciple. According to Willard, a disciple is "someone who has decided to be with another person, under appropriate conditions, in order to become capable of doing what that person does or to become what that person is."(282) A disciple of Jesus is learning to be like Jesus, giving up the

It is dangerous that “we lose our bearings as we struggle at and with margins and marginalized people,” and they are often forgotten in our lives (EG #54). They are addicts, victims of the –ism, the “throwaways of the modern world (refugees, migrants, and survivors of war),” handicapped, and challenged disabilities. They form “a community of nobodies” and Jesus is among them. As authentic disciples, we should question ourselves that where their places are in our ministry. What are locking our sight

Literary Context In order to properly interpret the cost of discipleship addressed in Matthew 16:24-28, a look into the literary context of the passage is a must. All three synoptic Gospels contain this similar passage. The differences in the synoptics will be discussed briefly to identify the purpose of including this passage in each context. Also, the surrounding context of the book of Matthew will be provided so as to correctly exegete the passage. First, who does Jesus address while saying

In his book The Cost of Discipleship, Bonhoeffer tells the tale of Peter being called by Jesus to follow Him. When Jesus first calls to Peter to follow it is the first words spoken to him. The second time was after the crucifixion of Christ, the Risen Lord found Peter at the same

AO2: Explain how this teaching about discipleship might affect the life of a Christian today. Christian discipleship involves faith and commitment to God, self sacrifice, service to others, using your time, money and energy, as God wants you to not as the world tempts you to. It also involves belonging to God’s own family, the church, and daily commitments with God. Modern day disciples like Ghandi, (even though

proud (Godsey, 2015). This class of people joins the Christian community with their personal demands already set up. Also, they set their own laws, judge other people from the congregation and God on an equal measure. However, in his book, The Cost of Discipleship, Bonhoeffer warns that people are not the builders of the church but rather Christ is the one who builds it. He continues to maintain that those people who are too much watchful about building the church ends up destroying it instead (Metaxas

Looking further into the history of World War II, it appears that the work of the Church of Germany seemed quite silent during the Nazi era. Clearly it is shown, that the depths of confusion in the church during the Nazi era made quite an impact on how the people reacted to Nazism in Germany. While the church stayed silent, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of the few German Protestant theologians who courageously and eloquently stood up for what he believed was true. His life truly reflects on what the