1. How can domestic irritations adversely affect the Christian / prayer life?
2. How does God work to bring a young Christian “under a new standard”
3. Why should we avoid concentrating our minds on the inner life?
4. How should we pray?
5. What are the habits Screwtape wants Wormwood to develop in his “patient” and why are they important?
6. What would be the “neglect of the obvious”?
7. How to combat “double standards”?
8. Considering what Lewis says about the patient’s mother, why are the son’s prayers too “spiritual”?
9. Discuss the problem of jealousy in connection with the reference to the “Enemy’s story” of the prodigal son at the end of the letter.
All that is not eternal is eternally out of date. Where except in the present can the eternal be met? - - CS Lewis
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Monday, October 9, 2006
Questions to Consider for Letter II
- Define the Church Visible and Invisible (Building, People, Liturgy - Transcendental Body) and what is the impact on our attitude when we focus on the behavior of individuals?
- How do we differentiate between reality and appearance? Why daily life issues are fertile ground for temptations?
- How can one avoid the “anticlimax” after a conversion experience?
- How can we prepare to overcome the disappointments, and the “dry spells” in our Christian Life?
- Discuss the contrasts of hypocrisy and humility.
- How do we respond to God’s love?
- Are Christians better than other people in any sense?
- What is the common component of “free lovers and servants” and do you agree that God lets us "do it on our own?"
- How can we learn to control our emotions and why can trained emotions can be a source of joy not a step towards hypocrisy?
- Discuss the importance of habits (discipline): mentally and bodily (and their role in the sanctification process)
For Further Reading and Reflection: The Weight of Glory..
Sunday, October 8, 2006
Our First Meeting - Discussions and Questions
Saturday, October 7, 2006
Schedule for the Fall
October 7 - @ Wade and Sam - Introduction and Letter 1
October 14 - @ Wade and Sam - Letter 2
October 21 - @ Paulo and Adriana - Letter 3
October 28 - @ Paulo and Adriana - Letter 4
November 4 - @ Wade and Sam - Letter 5
November 11 - @ Paulo and Adriana - Letter 6
November 18 - @ Wade and Sam - Letter 7
November 25 - @ Paulo and Adriana - Letter 8
December 2 - @ Wade and Adriana - Letter 9
December 9 - @ Wade and Sam - Letter 10
December 16 - @ Paulo and Adriana - Christmas Party
December 23 - January 6 - Recess
January 13 - @ Paulo and Adriana - Letter 11
October 14 - @ Wade and Sam - Letter 2
October 21 - @ Paulo and Adriana - Letter 3
October 28 - @ Paulo and Adriana - Letter 4
November 4 - @ Wade and Sam - Letter 5
November 11 - @ Paulo and Adriana - Letter 6
November 18 - @ Wade and Sam - Letter 7
November 25 - @ Paulo and Adriana - Letter 8
December 2 - @ Wade and Adriana - Letter 9
December 9 - @ Wade and Sam - Letter 10
December 16 - @ Paulo and Adriana - Christmas Party
December 23 - January 6 - Recess
January 13 - @ Paulo and Adriana - Letter 11
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Questions to Consider for Letter I
1. How enslaved are we to chronological snobbery?
2. How can we use reasoning to grow spiritually?
3. How enslaved are we to the pressures of the ordinary?
4. How can argument and reason bring us close to God? (God’s ways are not our ways, but should we use our God given intellect?)
5. Is science (real science) a help or a threat to our understanding of God?
6. How do these issues affect my spiritual life, vocational plans and goals?
2. How can we use reasoning to grow spiritually?
3. How enslaved are we to the pressures of the ordinary?
4. How can argument and reason bring us close to God? (God’s ways are not our ways, but should we use our God given intellect?)
5. Is science (real science) a help or a threat to our understanding of God?
6. How do these issues affect my spiritual life, vocational plans and goals?
Dear WarmBlogger
Hi Everyone
This is the first posting of many which we hope will shed light into the difficult issues of life and how to avoid temptations by the evil one.
This study group is an initiative of the IVF Graduate Christian Fellowship at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
We hope you will share your perspectives and insights with the group as we study together this classical of the Christian literature.
First Meeting: October 7, at Wade and Samantha's Place
Paulo and Adriana
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Flowers of Narnia - July 17 / 2022
“Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully ...
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“Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully ...
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The discussions revolved around the pressures of the ordinary and how distractions interfere with o ur relationship to eternal matters.