{"id":9678,"date":"2025-07-04T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9678"},"modified":"2025-07-03T08:09:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:09:17","slug":"cheap-grace-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9678","title":{"rendered":"Cheap Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191013_154819-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191013_154819-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6893\" width=\"418\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191013_154819-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191013_154819-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191013_154819-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191013_154819-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191013_154819-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  How pretty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  God made all of this out of nothing.  He can take care of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Amen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from the book The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession.  Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br>And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us. Deuteronomy 1:25 (KJV).<br><br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal: How pretty! Me: God made all of this out of nothing. He can take care of you. Prodigal: Amen! This is from the book The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. 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