Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Cheap Grace

"Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting today for costly grace. Cheap grace means grace sold on the market like a cheapjacks' wares. The sacraments, the forgiveness of sins, and the consolation of religion are thrown away at cut prices...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."

--Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship (1937 A.D.)