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Bonhoeffer's Definition Of Cheap Grace

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Bonhoeffer defines the term ‘Cheap Grace’ as “the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without Church discipline, Communion without confession, and absolution without contrition.” Bonhoeffer is referring to when people become Christians, they just throw away the value that Jesus paid for us. This type of grace is going against the Word of God. For example, Acts 3:19 says “Repent, therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out.” If we forgive without repentance, we may not learn from our mistake. This grace is one of the world. We can be a Christian but still conform to the patterns of this world. In essence, this is why Bonhoeffer rejected this type of grace.

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