It seems to be running amuck amongst modern day Christians:
The term “cheap grace” can be traced back to a book written by German theologian,
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, called
The Cost of Discipleship, published in 1937. In that book, Bonhoeffer defined “cheap grace” as “the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline. Communion without confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ.” Notice what is emphasized in Bonhoeffer’s definition of cheap grace and what is de-emphasized. The emphasis is on the benefits of Christianity without the costs involved; hence, the adjective
cheap to describe it.
What is cheap grace? Who was the originator of the phrase cheap grace? What does the cheap grace concept argue against?
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I'd like to focus on the part about "forgiveness without requiring repentance," How is it possible to call yourself a follower of Christ if you yourself don't repent and before forgiving others, require that they do so as well?