The Cost of Discipleship

This book is a compelling statement of the demands of sacrifice and ethical consistency from a man whose life and thought were exemplary articulations of a new type of leadership inspired by the Gospel, and imbued with the spirit of Christian civic duty.

Contents

Foreword by Bishop G. K. A. Bell

Memoir by G. Leibholz

Introduction

I GRACE AND DISCIPLESHIP

1 Costly Grace

2 The Call to Discipleship

3 Single-Minded Obedience

4 Discipleship and the Cross

5 Discipleship and the Individual

II THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

Matthew 5: Of the "Extraordinariness" of the Christian Life

6 The Beatitudes

7 The Visible Community

8 The Righteousness of Christ

9 The Brother

10 Woman

11 Truthfulness

12 Revenge

13 The Enemy -- the "Extraordinary"

Matthew 6: Of the Hidden Character of the Christian Life

14 The Hidden Righteousness

15 The Hiddenness of Prayer

16 The Hiddenness of the Devout Life

17 The Simplicity of the Carefree Life

Matthew 7: The Separation of the Disciple Community

18 The Disciple and Unbelievers

19 The Great Divide

20 The Conclusion

III THE MESSENGERS

21 The Harvest

22 The Apostles

23 The Work

24 The Suffering of the Messengers

25 The Decision

26 The Fruit

IV THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE LIFE OF DISCIPLESHIP

27 Preliminary Questions

28 Baptism

29 The Body of Christ

30 The Visible Community

31 The Saints

32 The Image of Christ

Index of Subjects

Index of Biblical References