Shepherd's Notes: The Cost of Discipleship

Shepherd's Notes

by Rodney Combs

Understand the Bible like never before, book by book. Each Shepherd’s Notes volume highlights and explains the authorship, circumstances of writing, and main points of the Bible book being explored in a concise and easy-to-understand format. These unique and helpful books can be used for Bible studies, teaching, personal devotions, Christian and home schools, or sermon preparation. 

Genres: Theology, Christian, Religion, Discipleship, Devotional, Christian Non Fiction, Nonfiction

100 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 1948

Reviews

[Sandra]

It was done so beautifully he explains his writings in such a way that addresses the soul & spirit

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book; Bonhoeffer is an intellectual theologian. Highly recommend it.

[William Blanchette · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Good Read

This is the first time I’ve ever read a Shepherd’s Note. It was a quick read and gave me a good feel for what’s in the book. I’ll read the book with an informed mindset and I’m sure I’ll get more out of the book.

[Khoward50 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this for a Bible Study Group. Kind of deep for me and he seems to repeat himself, just in different ways.

[Gene Coatney · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a useful tool in a study with my men's group. Combs did a great job in breaking down the main points in the book.

[Karl Goodwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Had to get these to understand the book. They are more detailed in the beginning chapters and seem to slack off towards the end.

[Jonathan Roberts · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some parts of this really helped me “get” what Bonhoeffer was saying but other sections just didn’t make a lot of sense nor did they help.

[Johns · Rating 4 out of 5]

Handy summary of a timeless classic.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer is soundly practical and thoroughly orthodox. A tragic loss to Nazi barbarity in 1945!

[Tim · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had high expectations of this book and have wanted to read it for some time as it has always been high on the "must read" list of Christian books. However I found it to be way over towards the law/works end of the "Grace vs Law" continuum which was a big disappointment for me and my antinomian tendencies.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

A useful guide for getting the most out of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's famous 'The Cost of Discipleship' although it is possible to fully appreciate the book without the guide I did find it useful for summing up the last three chapters which I found to be a bit of a slog.

[Toby Hill · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is so rich with "instant spiritual application" that I feel distant from the standard of a disciples lifestyle! I will be digesting this for the rest of my life!

[Rusty · Rating 5 out of 5]

read bound copy in 1978

[Peter Van beek · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the first few chapters, but he went off track in the second part of the book.