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The Cost of Discipleship written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian and anti-Nazi dissident whose life and teachings are brought to the forefront in the thrilling 2024 film Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. "WHEN CHRIST CALLS A MAN HE BIDS HIM COME AND DIE" ―Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship "Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves... the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship.... "Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock....” ―Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship, now with new translations and transliterations. An insightful look at grace and the path to eternal life, featuring: New Greek, Latin, and French Translations and Transliterations. Original Foreword By By G. K. A. Bell, Late Bishop of Chichester; And Author Memoir By G. Leibholz. Newly Edited Content (Reviewed, Revised, and Refined) to Maximize Quality Reading. "A rigorously patient exposition of the Sermon on the Mount which compels the reader to face himself, and God, in any situation. A very moving book, lived as well as written” —Times (London) Literary Supplement "Among the Flossenberg martyrs was a remarkable young Lutheran pastor named Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who had joined the underground convinced that it was his duty as a Christian to work for Hitler's defeat. Bonhoeffer was only 39 when he died, but he had already made a monumental contribution to Christian thought, which today has profound and growing significance for both theologian and layman. Bonhoeffer's books are gaining an astonishing popularity in the secular world... He is admired by people who have read his best-known books, The Cost of Discipleship and