Imitation of Christ Book 1 Chapter 11

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis Book 1 -Admonitions Profitable for the Spiritual Life Chapter 11 Of Seeking Peace of Mind and of Spiritual Progress Summary How do you get peace? That’s an age old question that is still being asked today.  Everyone wants peace.  Ironically, peace isn’t something that …

Head in the Sand

I’ve never written about this before, I just haven’t even really wanted to talk about it.  When something isn’t going well, I am very ostrich-like; I prefer to stick my head in the sand and ignore the said problem.  That’s the approach I’ve taken for the last fifteen years since I …

Imitation of Christ Book 1 Chapter 10

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis Book 1 -Admonitions Profitable for the Spiritual Life Chapter 10 Of the Danger of Superfluity of Words   Summary We need to be careful with our words.  Gossip hurts others. These are very true truths.  Much of the remainder of the chapter had stoic …

Imitation of Christ Book 1 Chapter 8

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis Book 1 -Admonitions Profitable for the Spiritual Life Chapter 8 Of the Danger of too Much Familiarity   Summary I struggled with this chapter, and I’ll tell you why. I couldn’t think of any Scriptures to back up what he was saying.  I know …

Imitation of Christ Book 1 Chapter 7

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis Book 1 -Admonitions Profitable for the Spiritual Life Chapter 7  Of fleeing from vain hope and pride   Summary It is so easy to do what comes natural to us – look out for #1. There are may reasons we think we should be …

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