The Cost of Discipleship

The Cost of Discipleship is Dietrich Bonhoeffer's enduring challenge to a Christianity that wants forgiveness without repentance or belief without obedience. His famous contrast between cheap grace and costly grace exposes the danger of separating the gift of salvation from the call to follow Jesus.

Working through the Sermon on the Mount and the life of Christian community, Bonhoeffer examines obedience, love of enemies, truthfulness, prayer, suffering, and the cross. The book presses readers to consider how loyalty to Christ reshapes ordinary decisions and public life.