Bonhoeffer's 'Costly Grace And Cheap Grace'

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Bonhoeffer’s “The Cost of Discipleship” is a read that is truly one of enrichment. The book achieves this overall enrichment, not only through the text and words it conveys, but on a much deeper level with the thoughts it invokes within the reader. I firmly believe this was the case in my reading of this book. I tend to truly “grasp” more of the words through the more memorable quotes the read contains. I often try to, in turn, relate these quotes to biblical scriptures as well as relate them myself in some way or another in an attempt at a deeper understanding of their meaning. I approached this class required read through “The cost of Discipleship” no differently. One of the more gripping sections, in my opinion, came at the very beginning of the…show more content…
This section is one that seemed to have rung true not only in Bonhoeffers life-span throughout WW2, but possibly even more so in the modern era in which we now reside. Along with the plethora of differences we discussed during our time spent in the classroom, Bonhoeffer gives us his own variety of comparisons paired with an absolute gold-mine of memorable quotes I was able to “absorb” in the way I choose to study. Bonhoeffer actually starts his very first chapter with one of these fantastic quotes that reads, “Cheap Grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting to-day for costly grace.” Bonhoeffer uses this quote almost in a sword-like fashion as he is seemingly challenging many life-styles including that of some churches. I really believe with this quote and the way we briefly touched on it during our class time we touched on how many of us
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