Quotes about Discipleship

Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession...Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.

Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.

On subsequent visits I expanded further on the life and ministry of Jesus

Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life

Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles.

The road that leads to heaven is risky, lonely, and costly in this world, and few are willing to pay the price. Following Jesus involves losing your life-and finding new life in him.

Take steps each day to be sure your life expresses commitment to Jesus.

My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing -- by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.

If we are going to persevere as committed disciples of Jesus Christ over the course of our lives, we must always keep the gospel of God's forgiveness through Christ before us.

The same grace that brings salvation teaches us to renounce ungodly living.

It is only the joy of hearing the gospel and being reminded that our sins are forgiven in Christ that will keep the demands of discipleship from becoming drudgery. It is only gratitude and love to God that comes from knowing that He no longer counts our sins against us (Romans 4:8) that provides the proper motive for responding to the claims of discipleship.

God has called every Christian to a holy life. There are no exceptions to this call.