Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue
Overview
Need a spiritual workout? Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue is a Bible study designed specifically for men who want to build their spiritual strength. Each challenging lesson combines rich Scriptural teaching with centuries of Christian wisdom to train today’s men for the virtuous life. With thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter, this book is ideal for individual or group study.
This Bible study is intended for the growing number of men who are taking seriously their call to Christian discipleship.
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This volume is part of the Catholic Virtue and Holiness Collection (7 vols.). Take a look at the whole collection.
Key Features
- Challenges men to develop their spiritual strength
- Combines scriptural teaching with Christian wisdom
- Adapts to either individual or group study
Contents
- Men and Virtue
- Men of Prudence
- Men of Justice
- Men of Fortitude
- Men of Temperance
- Men of Faith
- Men of Hope
- Men of Love
- Final Thoughts
Praise for the Print Edition
Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue is a readable and reliable guide to learning, practicing, and passing on the virtues. The time-tested roadmaps leading to virtuous Christian manhood have been lost. Boys to Men will help Catholic men recover the virtuous life, thus becoming authentic men of God. Every Christian father needs a few essential books in his ‘tool box.’ This book is one of them. Get it, read it, and practice what it teaches!
—Steve Wood, founder, St. Joseph’s Covenant Keepers
Boys to Men is a wonderfully written and well thought-out study guide on the transforming power of virtue. The authors blend a variety of life experiences along with solid support gathered from the Catechism and Holy Scripture. This book will make you work!
—Danny Abramowicz, executive director, Donum Dei Foundation
Through the years, many Catholic men have attended Promise Keepers’ events. A sequence of ‘mens books’ have been written by men from a variety of backgrounds. Now, an excellent one has been written by a devout Catholic, rooted in Scripture and Catholic in style, Boys to Men will be a blessing and a challenge to any man.
—Bill McCartney, founder/president, Promise Keepers
Product Details
- Title: Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue
- Authors: Timothy Gray and Curtis Martin
- Publisher: Emmaus Road
- Publication Date: 2001
- Pages: 120
- Christian Group: Catholic
- Resource Type: Topical
- Topic: Practical Life
About the Authors
Timothy Gray is the president of the Augustine Institute, an MA program in Sacred Scripture and evangelization & catechesis in Denver. He is also a professor of Sacred Scripture at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary. He holds a PhD in biblical studies from Catholic University of America, a ThM in Scripture from Duke University, and an MA in theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Curtis Martin is the founding president of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, a dynamic college campus evangelization and leadership training program. He received his BA in communications from Louisiana State University and his MA in theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville.
This volume is part of the Catholic Virtue and Holiness Collection (7 vols.). Take a look at the whole collection.
- Challenges men to develop their spiritual strength
- Combines scriptural teaching with Christian wisdom
- Adapts to either individual or group study
- Men and Virtue
- Men of Prudence
- Men of Justice
- Men of Fortitude
- Men of Temperance
- Men of Faith
- Men of Hope
- Men of Love
- Final Thoughts
Top Highlights
“Right values do not always translate into right action.” (Page 11)
“To be a morally good person takes more than wishing to be good or having the right values. Rather, it takes a rock-solid character that has the strength to will what is right, not just value what is good. The will is that spiritual power of the soul by which we choose to do something. The strength to will the right thing is what is meant by the term virtue. ‘A virtue is an habitual and firm disposition to do the good’ (Catechism, no. 1803). A virtue is a good, habitual action of the will, and not only is a virtue an action that is habitual, it is an action that is done with promptness and, in a certain sense, pleasure.” (Page 14)
“‘Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.’” (Page 17)
“The power of virtue is that it reverses the inclination toward evil, and by strength of habit inclines us toward the good.” (Page 12)
“We fall into sin not so much out of ignorance but weakness” (Page 12)
Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue is a readable and reliable guide to learning, practicing, and passing on the virtues. The time-tested roadmaps leading to virtuous Christian manhood have been lost. Boys to Men will help Catholic men recover the virtuous life, thus becoming authentic men of God. Every Christian father needs a few essential books in his ‘tool box.’ This book is one of them. Get it, read it, and practice what it teaches!
—Steve Wood, founder, St. Joseph’s Covenant Keepers
Boys to Men is a wonderfully written and well thought-out study guide on the transforming power of virtue. The authors blend a variety of life experiences along with solid support gathered from the Catechism and Holy Scripture. This book will make you work!
—Danny Abramowicz, executive director, Donum Dei Foundation
Through the years, many Catholic men have attended Promise Keepers’ events. A sequence of ‘mens books’ have been written by men from a variety of backgrounds. Now, an excellent one has been written by a devout Catholic, rooted in Scripture and Catholic in style, Boys to Men will be a blessing and a challenge to any man.
—Bill McCartney, founder/president, Promise Keepers
- Title: Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue
- Authors: Timothy Gray and Curtis Martin
- Publisher: Emmaus Road
- Publication Date: 2001
- Pages: 120
- Christian Group: Catholic
- Resource Type: Topical
- Topic: Practical Life
Timothy Gray is the president of the Augustine Institute, an MA program in Sacred Scripture and evangelization & catechesis in Denver. He is also a professor of Sacred Scripture at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary. He holds a PhD in biblical studies from Catholic University of America, a ThM in Scripture from Duke University, and an MA in theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Curtis Martin is the founding president of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, a dynamic college campus evangelization and leadership training program. He received his BA in communications from Louisiana State University and his MA in theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville.
