Posted on

Christian Mens Breakfast: Imitate Christ

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.

Week 2 : our discussion will focus on the Chapters listed below, from The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas à Kempis.1

All items listed below are online at ImitateChrist.ORG:

  1. Book 1 , Chapter 3 : The Doctrine of Truth (January 9, 2012)
  2. Book 1 , Chapter 4 : Prudence in Action (January 12, 2012)

Also Posted this Week at ImitateChrist.ORG:

  1. Challoner’s Reflections2 on The Imitation of Christ for each of the above chapters.

Discussion Notes:3

  1. The author of Ecclesiastes says, about the things he had done in his life, “all was vanity and a chasing after wind.” Doesn’t this life have a purpose? (Day 9)
  2. Knowledge vs. actions: “On the day of judgment, surely, we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done; not how well we have spoken but how well we have lived.” (Day 9)
  3. “A man doesn’t know if he is good and virtuous until he has been tried by adversity.” (Day 11)
  4. How do we know when it is best to act quickly; and when it is best to “consider things carefully and patiently in the light of God’s will?” (Day 12 & 13)

Footnotes:

  1. The dates listed are the dates the chapters were posted online, which also corresponds to the suggested reading plan in the study guide. ↩
  2. Right Rev. R. Challoner, D.D., V.A., Imitation of Christ, Dublin: McGlashan and Gill, 1873 ↩
  3. References to days are from the Imitate Christ Study Guide ↩

Posted on

Christian Mens Breakfast, Imitate Christ

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 Reflections1 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:2

  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:

  1. Right Rev. R. Challoner, D.D., V.A., Imitation of Christ, Dublin: McGlashan and Gill, 1873 ↩
  2. References to days are from the Imitate Christ Study Guide ↩

Posted on

Imitate Christ in 2012!

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.

image_pdfimage_print