Discipleship: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works [Dbw], Volume 4 [Paperback]

from jontseng

The opening call is the steely reminder of price of freedom. The first part is shot through with flashes of brilliance. The exposition in the second part is forceful, but somewhat gnomic.

from temsmail

I first read this book in 1975 and did not understand what I was reading; the phrases "When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die," and "Only those who believe, obey; and only those who obey, believe," struck a deep chord with me. Good stuff. I have two copies, the one from 1975, and a new...

from kaitanya64

I am writing this review in the anniversary of Bonhoeffer's execution in 1945. I can't add much to the many words that have been written about this except to say that Bonhoeffer insists that discipleship must be life changing and life controlling or it is an illusion. Powerful and complex.

from NativeRoses

The demands of sacrifice and ethical consistency. Bonhoeffer analyzes 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 ...

from ThinkNeil

Even though I have read this atleast five times there are still things I glean from each reading. There are individual points that one can quibble with at this point in Bonhoeffer's theology, particularly in light of his later writing in Ethics and Letters and Papers, but he still remains one of ...