Drawing from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, Dietrich Bonhoeffer—whom many consider one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century—explores Jesus' call to discipleship and what it means for followers of Jesus today. Whether you are a businessperson, a teacher, a student, or a politician, all are called to be disciples.
But what does being a disciple of Christ really mean?
Bonhoeffer offers an answer in his classic work The Cost of Discipleship. Written against the backdrop of World War II and Nazi Germany, The Cost of Discipleship continues to speak powerfully to people today about social concerns and shape modern religious thought.
It's an engaging account written by a man whose life was cut short at the hands of the Nazis but whose writing challenges readers even today to a new type of leadership—one inspired by the gospel, infused with the spirit of Christian humanism, and marked by a call to biblical, civic duty.