Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer Archiv
245 Episoden
46 Minuten
Why should I so what the Bible says? Authority is a negative word in our individualistic culture, making the idea of Scriptural authority feel scary for some of us. John Mark challenges us to approach the Bible as Jesus did: with trust and obedience.
Key Scripture Passages: Genesis 3v1-7; Matthew 4v1-11
Resources:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/scripture
Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Craig Keener & John Walton
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Key Scripture Passages: Genesis 3v1-7; Matthew 4v1-11
Resources:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/scripture
Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Craig Keener & John Walton
This podcast and its episodes are paid for by The Circle, our community of monthly givers. If you’d like to pay it forward and contribute toward future resources, you can learn more at practicingtheway.org/give.
51 Minuten
Why do authoritarian governments often ban the Bible? John Mark talks about the how the library of Scripture is an alternative story: one that points to Jesus as the center of reality. He challenges us to let this story shape our lives and engage with these writings, even through its confusing, difficult, or challenging aspects.
Key Scripture Passage: Luke 4v14-22
Resources for this practice: https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/scripture
This podcast and its episodes are paid for by The Circle, our community of monthly givers. If you’d like to pay it forward and contribute toward future resources, you can learn more at practicingtheway.org/give.
Key Scripture Passage: Luke 4v14-22
Resources for this practice: https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/scripture
This podcast and its episodes are paid for by The Circle, our community of monthly givers. If you’d like to pay it forward and contribute toward future resources, you can learn more at practicingtheway.org/give.
45 Minuten
How did Jesus view the Scriptures? In contrast to how many people view the Bible today, either as an ordinary human text or as “golden tablets” from Heaven, John Mark explores how Jesus thought, taught, and talked about the Scriptures. Through that, John Mark shows us that our approach to the Bible matters and encourages us to adopt a posture of surrender as we read.
Key Scripture Passages: Matthew 5v17-20; Mark 12v18-27; John 5v39-46; 2 Timothy 3v14-17
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/scripture
Shaped by the Word, Robert Mulholland
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Key Scripture Passages: Matthew 5v17-20; Mark 12v18-27; John 5v39-46; 2 Timothy 3v14-17
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/scripture
Shaped by the Word, Robert Mulholland
This podcast and its episodes are paid for by The Circle, our community of monthly givers. If you’d like to pay it forward and contribute toward future resources, you can learn more at practicingtheway.org/give.
45 Minuten
If the Bible tells us to "rejoice always", how do we do it? John Mark walks through how to experience more joy. Since we can’t “will” ourselves to joy, he offers us practices based in the Scriptures that allow us to cultivate happiness and celebration in our everyday lives.
Key Scripture Passage: Philippians 4v4-9
Resources for this practice
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
Path of Life, Rick Howe (https://amzn.to/3ERlngB)
Key Scripture Passage: Philippians 4v4-9
Resources for this practice
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
Path of Life, Rick Howe (https://amzn.to/3ERlngB)
57 Minuten
How do we experience more joy in our everyday lives? John Mark talks about how the common human desire to be happy isn’t the problem, but that we’re searching for joy in the wrong places. He encourages us to examine what beliefs might be blocking us from experiencing the joy that Jesus offered to all who follow Him.
Key Scripture Passages: Luke 1v39-45; Luke 2v8-11; Luke 4v14-21; Luke 10v17-21;
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
Key Scripture Passages: Luke 1v39-45; Luke 2v8-11; Luke 4v14-21; Luke 10v17-21;
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
45 Minuten
Do you have margin in your life? In the digital age, it’s easy to operate outside our emotional and spiritual limit and undermine our formation into people of love. John Mark reminds us of the importance of margin in our lives and how the practice of simplicity can help us live within our limits.
Key Scripture Passages: Genesis 1v26-2v8, Genesis 3v1-7
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
Key Scripture Passages: Genesis 1v26-2v8, Genesis 3v1-7
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
58 Minuten
What if the greatest threat to faith today is not hedonism, but distraction? John Mark discusses the importance of making time for silence and solitude in our rule of life, and the benefits of quiet in our spiritual walk: helping us accept reality, experiencing God’s love, yielding to God’s will, hearing God’s voice, and ultimately becoming people of love.
Key Scripture Passage: Luke 5v15, Matthew 6v5-6
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
Key Scripture Passage: Luke 5v15, Matthew 6v5-6
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
59 Minuten
“If your rule of life does not find a way to ruthlessly eliminate digital distraction, it will likely fail.”
Is distraction undermining our spiritual life? John Mark makes a case for a rule of life that accounts for our society of digital distraction by highlighting how our technology can be unhealthy for us. He also offers some guidance on shaping your rule of life to avert digital distraction and help orient your life towards becoming a person of love.
Key Scripture Passage: Psalm 16
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
Is distraction undermining our spiritual life? John Mark makes a case for a rule of life that accounts for our society of digital distraction by highlighting how our technology can be unhealthy for us. He also offers some guidance on shaping your rule of life to avert digital distraction and help orient your life towards becoming a person of love.
Key Scripture Passage: Psalm 16
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
54 Minuten
“A good rule of life can actually set us free to be our true and best selves.”
In a world of distraction and speed, how do we arrange our lives so that we are experiencing deep joy, peace, and contentment in our life in God, as Willard said? John Mark talks about the ancient practice of creating a “rule of life” and offers seven tips for creating your own rule of life.
Key Scripture Passage: John 15v1-8
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
In a world of distraction and speed, how do we arrange our lives so that we are experiencing deep joy, peace, and contentment in our life in God, as Willard said? John Mark talks about the ancient practice of creating a “rule of life” and offers seven tips for creating your own rule of life.
Key Scripture Passage: John 15v1-8
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
45 Minuten
“Most people are just too busy to live an emotionally healthy and spiritually rich life.”
We live in an age of chronic distraction and business. John Mark talks about hurry as the great enemy of our spiritual life. He proposes that the solution to “hurry sickness” is not more time, but rather become people of love through being intentional with our own “rule of life.”
Key Scripture Passage: Luke 10v25-37
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
We live in an age of chronic distraction and business. John Mark talks about hurry as the great enemy of our spiritual life. He proposes that the solution to “hurry sickness” is not more time, but rather become people of love through being intentional with our own “rule of life.”
Key Scripture Passage: Luke 10v25-37
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
59 Minuten
“When we honor people, we get access to whatever people carry, if it's friendship, relationship, conversation, wisdom, prophetic ability, healing, discernment, wealth, resources, opportunities, whatever it is. When we dishonor people, we cut off ourselves from whatever it is they have to offer.”
John Mark talks about the importance of honor in in a culture of dishonor and contempt, highlighting the difference that living with honor can have on our relationships and others’ lives.
Key Scripture Passage: Romans 12v9-16; Mark 6v1-6
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/community
John Mark talks about the importance of honor in in a culture of dishonor and contempt, highlighting the difference that living with honor can have on our relationships and others’ lives.
Key Scripture Passage: Romans 12v9-16; Mark 6v1-6
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/community
44 Minuten
Jesus intended his followers to become a family-like community. John Mark talks about how this idea of family was radical not only for first-century Jews, but also why it’s just as radical for us today. Through it, he offers advice on how to build relational skills to bless and love our communities well.
Key Scripture Passage: Mark 3v31-35
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/community
Key Scripture Passage: Mark 3v31-35
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/community
1 Stunde 3 Minuten
We are lonelier than ever. In the US, loneliness rates have doubled since 1980, with 35% of people saying that they are chronically lonely. Is there are practice from the life of Jesus to help us thrive in a culture that is more disconnected than ever? John Mark talks about Jesus’ practice and invitation into community, encouraging us to commit to community, despite the challenges, so we can embrace “life to the full.”
Key Scripture Passages: Matthew 4v18-22; Matthew 8v18-22; Matthew 9v9-13; Matthew 10v1-4; Matthew 20v20-28
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/community
Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Key Scripture Passages: Matthew 4v18-22; Matthew 8v18-22; Matthew 9v9-13; Matthew 10v1-4; Matthew 20v20-28
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/community
Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
51 Minuten
Can pain make us more loving? Continuing our discussion of stage theory, John Mark uses the story of Leah and Rachel in Genesis to show how our responses to the pain in our lives can either lead us closer to God and acceptance of our circumstances, or towards bitterness and pain.
Key Scripture Passages: Gen 29v15-35; Gen 30v1-24; Gen 35v16-20
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/naming
Key Scripture Passages: Gen 29v15-35; Gen 30v1-24; Gen 35v16-20
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/naming
53 Minuten
“Have you ever cried out to God in a time of distress, but felt nothing in return?”
John Mark continues his discussion on the dark night of the soul, focusing on the two types of “dark nights” that are written about by St. John and St. Teresa in the 16th century. In it, he encourages us to continue to press into community and into God if we find ourselves in a dark night.
Key Scripture Passage: Psalm 77
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/naming
The Dark Night of the Soul, Dr. Gerald May
John Mark continues his discussion on the dark night of the soul, focusing on the two types of “dark nights” that are written about by St. John and St. Teresa in the 16th century. In it, he encourages us to continue to press into community and into God if we find ourselves in a dark night.
Key Scripture Passage: Psalm 77
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/naming
The Dark Night of the Soul, Dr. Gerald May
