The Christian Mens Breakfast group meets this Saturday and (almost) every other Saturday at a local restaurant in Davie, FL. Call Tom Truex, or use the CONTACT tab at K-Line.ORG to get more information.

This week, our discussion will focus on the Chapters listed below, from The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas à Kempis.

All items listed below are online at ImitateChrist.ORG:

1. Book 1, Chapter 1: Imitating Christ and Despising All Vanities on Earth (Posted January 1, 2012)
2. Book 1, Chapter 2: Having a Humble Opinion of Self (posted January 4, 2012)

Also Posted this Week at ImitateChrist.ORG:

1. Challoner’s Reflections[1. Right Rev. R. Challoner, D.D., V.A., Imitation of Christ, Dublin: McGlashan and Gill, 1873 ] on The Imitation of Christ for each of the above chapters.
2. Challoner’s Notes on The Imitation of Christ; Part 1 of 3 — Early life of Thomas à Kempis.

Discussion Notes:[1. References to days are from the Imitate Christ Study Guide]

1. Why Imitate Christ? (Day 1)
2. Why Read The Imitation of Christ? (Day 2)
3. Having a Humble Opinion of Self; Ama Nesciri — Love to be unknown. (Day 4)
4. Pride: The Moral Opposite of Humility. (Day 6)

Footnotes:

This week concludes the One Year Bible Challenge for the Saturday Morning Men’s Breakfast group. Between 50 and 100 people committed to Read the Whole Bible this year, through some connection with the Bible Study group. If you read all or part of the Bible this year, and want to share your story, please write to me.

In 2012, the Men’s Breakfast group is reading The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas à Kempis. The reading schedule is posted online. It involves about 5 minutes (or less) a day, to read just the text—a little longer if you follow the other suggested daily readings. Men, feel free to attend the breakfast meetings, whether or not you do the suggested reading. The recommended reading won’t hurt you, but we’ll cover the material at breakfast. Our goal this year is to seriously consider the imitation of Christ.

If you attend the Men’s breakfast group, don’t worry about the book or materials. As always, you buy your own breakfast, we’ll supply the materials.

Anyone else can obtain the book in EPUB or PDF format from Google.com/books. Amazon sells an inexpensive version of The Imitation of Christ for about $2.50. There are hundreds of translations of The Imitation of Christ. The main text I am using is the one by Aloysius Croft and Harold Bolton, first published in 1940.

The discussion notes ( PDF / TEXT ) for breakfast on Saturday, December 24, 2011 are now online — ”Trumpets, Scrolls, Horses, etc”. Discussion verses: Zephaniah 2:7 and Revelation 11:3

This is week 51 of the ONE YEAR BIBLE CHALLENGE.

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