In "A Mighty Fortress is our God" Luther plainly hymned the divisive cost of discipleship

And take they our life,

Goods, fame, child and wife,

Let these all be gone,

They yet have nothing won;

The Kingdom ours remaineth.

-- Martin Luther, 1529

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. 

 

-- Luke 14:33