I'm not going to attempt to "review" such a classic work. Rather, I thought I would comment on what I thought were some striking themes in Dietrich Bonhoeffer's The Cost of Discipleship (1937). One thing is the theme of unqualified obedience to Christ. One of Bonhoeffer's chapters is "The Call of Discipleship" and I think that may have been an even more appropriate title for the book. The call is both a gracious call, one we need but don't deserve, and a call to implicit, unqualified obedience in following Christ, … [Read more...] about Book “Review”: The Cost of Discipleship
Dead Theologians Society
Dead Theologians Society Reading List
What is a Dead Thelogians Society? Last week I received an email from Bob Trube, InterVarsity Graduate & Faculty Ministry (GFM) Director, Ohio Valley. He shared with me Ohio State University's Dead Theologians Society Reading List. What's the inspiration? He "shamelessly stole the name and idea from Robbie Castleman, who led a group under this name when she was on GFM staff in Florida."* The Dead Theologians Society, or Delta Theta Sigma (DTS), started in the fall of 1990, on the campus of Florida State … [Read more...] about Dead Theologians Society Reading List