Do you think we forget as a church what we have to offer- or even what we have been given? Do you think 'the church' even cares anymore about we it is we have? or is 'the church' the problem?

Let me start with what sparked my curiosity- from Dietriech Bonhoeffer:

"Cheap grace is the enemy of the church...Cheap grace is not he kind of forgiveness of sinwhich frees us from the toils of sin. Cheap grace is the kind of grace we bestow upon ourselves...Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ living and incarnate"

"Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again. The gift whihch must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls a man to follow, it is grace because it calls us to follow Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. Above all, it is costly because it cost God his son."

I sometimes forget why it is that i love God so much and what it is that i have to be grateful for. Do you forget what we have? has 'the church' instituionalised the only free gift we have to offer?

I dont think Christianity is about the 'life to come' but to be blessed in the life we have. As christian aid says- I believe in life before death. God came to give me life in all its fullness. Have i sold my God short on what it is he has to offer?