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Week 41 : Imitate Christ, Christian Mens Breakfast

Week 41 Discussion Notes:1

  1. Rev. Bush wrote “Circumstances change, but principles abide, and human nature is the same from age to age.” Have you found this principle to be true? (Day 281)
  2. In Chapter 54, Kempis addresses the issue of “nature” (the old person, in sin) verses “grace” (the new person, saved by Christ). How do YOU match up in the comparison? (Days 282 and 283)
  3. Have you observed, what Kempis calls in chapter 55, “a nature prone to evil from youth.” That is, do you see, with your own eyes, that people, apart from God, tend, naturally, toward an evil nature? (Day 284)
  4. Kempis wrote in Chapter 55, “For without grace I can do nothing, but with its strength I can do all things in You.” Is accepting God’s grace literally a matter of all or nothing? (Day 286)

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.

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

All items listed below are online at ImitateChrist.ORG:

  1. Book 3 , Chapter 54 : The Different Motions of Nature and Grace (October 9, 2012)
  2. Book 3 , Chapter 55 : The Corruption of Nature and the Efficacy of Divine Grace (October 12, 2012)

Also Posted this Week at ImitateChrist.ORG:

  1. Challoner’s Reflections3 on The Imitation of Christ for each of the above chapters.

Footnotes:

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

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Week 40: Christian Mens Breakfast: Imitate Christ

Week 40 Discussion Notes:1

  1. Is life fair? Do you generally get what you deserve? (Day 274)
  2. It is human nature to (i) deny we have made a mistake; and (ii) resist submission to the correction of another. Do you find yourself resisting God in this manner? (Day 275 & 276)
  3. Kempis writes in chapter 53, “if you completely conquer yourself, you will more easily subdue all other things. The perfect victory is to triumph over self.” Should we have complete control over ourselves, before we try to influence the world about us? (Day 278)
  4. Kempis wrote, “Having too many worldly possessions causes strife, and many vices.” Should we try to not have so many possessions? (Day 279)

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.

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

All items listed below are online at ImitateChrist.ORG:

  1. Book 3 , Chapter 52 : A Man Ought Not to Consider Himself Worthy of Consolation, But Rather Deserving of Chastisement (October 2, 2012)
  2. Book 3 , Chapter 53 : God’s Grace Is Not Given to the Earthly Minded (October 5, 2012)

Also Posted this Week at ImitateChrist.ORG:

  1. Challoner’s Reflections3 on The Imitation of Christ for each of the above chapters.

Footnotes:

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

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Week 39 : Imitate Christ, Christian Mens Breakfast

Week 39 Discussion Notes:1

  1. Kempis wrote in chapter 50, “You know all things without exception, and nothing in man’s conscience is hidden from You.” Is this a good or a bad thing for you? (Day 268)
  2. Kempis wrote that Jesus is willing to give us more than we ask of Him. Have you found this to be true? (Day 268)
  3. Kempis asks in Chapter 50, “What does Your servant possess that he has not received from You, and that without any merit of his own?” Are you a “self made” person? To what extent are you correct in saying you earned what you possess? Are you claiming credit for what God has done? (Day 268)
  4. Richard Henry Dana notes in Two Years Before the Mast that personal hardships don’t mitigate punishment. Everyone has hardships, so no one would ever be punished, if this was an adequate excuse for bad behavior. Do you agree? How does Dana’s observation on punishment compare to God’s treatment of punishment? (Day 271)

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.

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

All items listed below are online at ImitateChrist.ORG:

  1. Book 3 , Chapter 50 : How a Desolate Person Ought to Commit Himself Into the Hands of God (September 25, 2012)
  2. Book 3 , Chapter 51 : When We Cannot Attain to the Highest, We Must Practice the Humble Works (September 28, 2012)

Also Posted this Week at ImitateChrist.ORG:

  1. Challoner’s Reflections3 on The Imitation of Christ for each of the above chapters.

Footnotes:

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

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