Discipleship books

Here are the 3 books on discipleship recommended by Hennie to help us get the most out of our morning sermon series.

The Cost of Discipleship - Dietrich Bonhoeffer One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between ourselves and the teachings of Jesus What can the call to discipleship, the adherence to the word of Jesus, mean today to the businessman, the soldier, the laborer, or the aristocrat? What did Jesus mean to say to us? What is his will for us today? The Cost of Discipleship 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 humanism and a creative sense of civic duty.
Discipleship – David Watson 'Christians in the West', claims the late David Watson, 'have largely neglected what it means to be a disciple of Christ. The vast majority of western Christians are church-members, pew-filler, hymn-singers, sermon-tasters, Bible-readers, even born-again believers or Spirit-filled charismatics, but not true disciples of Jesus.' 'The call to discipleship is a call to God’s promised glory. This is not a day in which to play religious games. Time is running out fast.'
The Radical Disciple – John Stott So many of us avoid radical discipleship by being selective, choosing rather those areas in which commitment is appealing, and steering well clear of areas where it will be costly. But because Jesus is Lord, we have no liberty to pick and choose. The late John Stott looks at eight characteristics of Christian discipleship, which are commonly neglected yet deserve to be taken seriously.