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1
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What did Bonhoeffer call cheap grace?

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The ‘deadly enemy of the Church’

2
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What does ‘cheap grace’ refer to?

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What Bonhoeffer saw as a habit amongst Christians, freely accepting gifts from God but not bothering to do anything uncomfortable or risky

3
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What did Bonhoeffer think people believed about sin?

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Because Jesus had paid the price for sin, they were off the hook and did not need to make any changes or be sorry for their wrong actions

4
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What did reliance on cheap grace make the Church?

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It made the Church secular, willing to take on beliefs and values of the modern world

5
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What did Bonhoeffer write of?

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‘Millions of spiritual corpses’

6
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What is costly grace?

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Calling Christians to follow Jesus and make change to their lives and their decisions

7
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What did Bonhoeffer say Christians should reflect on?

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How God sacrificed his only Son to save people from sin, and people should respond by being ready to sacrifice everything to God in obedience