The Busy Christian's Guide to Busyness by Tim Chester
Week 10: Chapter 9 — The Liberating Gospel of Grace
Read Chapter 9 of The Busy Christian's Guide to Busyness. Key passages to consider: Romans 8:1; Galatians 5:1; John 15:5.
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Chester's final chapter brings the whole argument home: the only lasting cure for disordered busyness is a deeper experience of the grace of God in Christ. Come ready to let the gospel speak directly to your specific idols.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Having worked through multiple root causes of busyness, Chester argues that they all trace back to the same source — functional unbelief in the sufficiency of God and his grace. Looking back over the book, which 'root cause' chapter was most convicting for you, and why?
2.Chester insists that the solution is not trying harder to be less busy, but believing more deeply. What is the difference between those two approaches in practice? Why is the second so much harder to actually do?
3.Romans 8:1 — 'There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus' — is foundational to Chester's entire argument. How does the removal of condemnation address the specific idols that drive busyness (approval, money, indispensability, escape)?
a.Which one of those idols does the truth of 'no condemnation' most directly challenge in your own life?
b.What would it look like, very practically, to preach that truth to yourself at the moment you feel most driven by that idol?