The Cost
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Last published Tue, Apr 11, 2017
Recently, I took to perusing the pages of "The Cost of Discipleship," a book by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (more on him inside), and have discovered many interesting truths that I agree with, and many beliefs of Bonhoeffer's that I happen to disagree with. I evaluated each chapter, and decided to detail my thoughts in the coming pages of this compilation. Feel free to give it a read if you feel like it.
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