Bonhoeffer: Cost of Discipleship Flashcards
What did Bonhoeffer call cheap grace?
The ‘deadly enemy of the Church’
What does ‘cheap grace’ refer to?
What Bonhoeffer saw as a habit amongst Christians, freely accepting gifts from God but not bothering to do anything uncomfortable or risky
What did Bonhoeffer think people believed about sin?
Because Jesus had paid the price for sin, they were off the hook and did not need to make any changes or be sorry for their wrong actions
What did reliance on cheap grace make the Church?
It made the Church secular, willing to take on beliefs and values of the modern world
What did Bonhoeffer write of?
‘Millions of spiritual corpses’
What is costly grace?
Calling Christians to follow Jesus and make change to their lives and their decisions
What did Bonhoeffer say Christians should reflect on?
How God sacrificed his only Son to save people from sin, and people should respond by being ready to sacrifice everything to God in obedience
