Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer Archiv
245 Episoden
49 Minuten
Have you ever felt like there is a wall between you and heaven? John Mark explores the Dark Night of the Soul, talking about what it is, what it isn’t, and some ideas for how to move through this season well.
Key Scripture Passage: Psalm 42
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Key Scripture Passage: Psalm 42
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51 Minuten
“The farther we get down the path of the spiritual journey, the more our apprenticeship to Jesus feels less and less active, and more and more passive.”
John Mark continues with our discussion on the stages of apprenticeship, this time talking about active and passive spirituality and its role in our formation. He shows us how to use practice (active) and surrender (passive) to be more formed into the likeness of Jesus in every season of our lives.
Key Scripture Passages: John 21v18; Matthew 6v25-34
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Sacred Fire, Ronald Rolheiser
John Mark continues with our discussion on the stages of apprenticeship, this time talking about active and passive spirituality and its role in our formation. He shows us how to use practice (active) and surrender (passive) to be more formed into the likeness of Jesus in every season of our lives.
Key Scripture Passages: John 21v18; Matthew 6v25-34
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Sacred Fire, Ronald Rolheiser
54 Minuten
As we continue to explore stage theory paradigms, John Mark turns to the paradigm of the two halves of life by drawing on Jesus’s post-resurrection conversation with Peter. John Mark breaks down the common challenges and struggles of each half of life and offers some helpful ideas on how to move through these stages well.
Key Scripture Passages: John 21v18-25
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Sacred Fire, Ronald Rolheiser
The Second Mountain, David Brooks
Key Scripture Passages: John 21v18-25
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Sacred Fire, Ronald Rolheiser
The Second Mountain, David Brooks
1 Stunde 4 Minuten
How do we get unstuck? This week, John Mark introduces the newest spiritual journey paradigm: the Critical Journey, and discusses how we can get unstuck at the various stages and challenge us to push through the “wall” in the various places in our lives.
Key Scripture Passage(s): John 21v15-19
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In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, Henri Nouwen
Key Scripture Passage(s): John 21v15-19
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In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, Henri Nouwen
42 Minuten
What is the meaning of life? According to Jesus, the meaning of life is love: becoming a person who loves God and loves others. Breaking down the story of the Road to Emmaus and our modern cultural moment, John Mark challenges us to embrace the good news of the resurrection and live as beacons of love and hope in our world.
Key Scripture Passages: Luke 24v13-35
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Key Scripture Passages: Luke 24v13-35
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51 Minuten
Do you feel stuck in your apprenticeship to Jesus? Drawing from the wisdom of followers of Jesus throughout church history, John Mark discusses how identifying landmarks on the journey of our apprenticeship to Jesus can help us get unstuck. This week, he talks about one ancient journey paradigm called The Three Ways to show how the purpose of our spiritual formation is becoming people of love and presence.
Key Scripture Passages: Luke 9v57-62; 1 Corinthians 13v11; Hebrews 5v12-14
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Invitation to a Journey, Robert Mulholland
Sacred Fire, Ronald Rolheiser
Key Scripture Passages: Luke 9v57-62; 1 Corinthians 13v11; Hebrews 5v12-14
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Invitation to a Journey, Robert Mulholland
Sacred Fire, Ronald Rolheiser
53 Minuten
Did Jesus practice sabbath? John Mark talks about Jesus’s teachings and relationship to the sabbath by highlighting four common words associated with the word “shabbat”: stop, rest, delight, and worship. John Mark shows how these four words give us clues on how to find happiness, joy, and peace in this practice.
Key Scripture Passages: Mark 2v23-28; Mark 3v1-6
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Sacred Rhythms, Ruth Haley Barton
Key Scripture Passages: Mark 2v23-28; Mark 3v1-6
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Sacred Rhythms, Ruth Haley Barton
49 Minuten
“Sabbath is an act of resistance, a prophetic act over against the accomplishment and accumulation of our society.”
In a culture that is addicted to the twin drugs of accomplishment and accumulation, sabbath is how we “fight” back against Egypt, Pharaoh, and his empire. John Mark continues his biblical theology on sabbath with an exploration of work and rest in the story of the Exodus.
Key Scripture Passages: Exodus 20v8; Deuteronomy 5v12-15; Nehemiah 13v15-22
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In a culture that is addicted to the twin drugs of accomplishment and accumulation, sabbath is how we “fight” back against Egypt, Pharaoh, and his empire. John Mark continues his biblical theology on sabbath with an exploration of work and rest in the story of the Exodus.
Key Scripture Passages: Exodus 20v8; Deuteronomy 5v12-15; Nehemiah 13v15-22
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48 Minuten
“If you go against the grain of the universe, you get splinters.” – HH Farmer
Sabbath was built into the rhythm of creation and going against this rhythm has consequences. John Mark lays out a biblical theology of sabbath, showing that sabbath is instituted by God, blessed, holy, made for worship, a command and a gift, and a day to remember.
Key Scripture Passages: Genesis 1v31-2:3; Exodus 16v9-30; Exodus 20v1-8
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Sabbath was built into the rhythm of creation and going against this rhythm has consequences. John Mark lays out a biblical theology of sabbath, showing that sabbath is instituted by God, blessed, holy, made for worship, a command and a gift, and a day to remember.
Key Scripture Passages: Genesis 1v31-2:3; Exodus 16v9-30; Exodus 20v1-8
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1 Stunde 2 Minuten
Are you tired? We are plagued by a cancerous restlessness of our condition and our culture, made worse by our digital technology. Through sabbath, the way of Jesus instead offers rest and peace. In this episode, John Mark teaches on the need for sabbath in our lives and its potential to radically change our walk with God.
Key Scripture Passages: Matthew 11v28-30; Hebrews 4v1-11
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The Subversive Sabbath, AJ Swoboda
Key Scripture Passages: Matthew 11v28-30; Hebrews 4v1-11
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The Subversive Sabbath, AJ Swoboda
50 Minuten
"When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We live in a culture that focuses on self-gratification, but Jesus calls us to deny ourselves, pick up our cross, and follow Him. In this episode, John Mark talks about how denying the self and our disordered desires leads to our deepest joy, peace, and happiness.
Key Scripture Passages: Matthew 16v21-27; Galatians 2v20; Galatians 5v24-25; Colossians 3v1-5
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We live in a culture that focuses on self-gratification, but Jesus calls us to deny ourselves, pick up our cross, and follow Him. In this episode, John Mark talks about how denying the self and our disordered desires leads to our deepest joy, peace, and happiness.
Key Scripture Passages: Matthew 16v21-27; Galatians 2v20; Galatians 5v24-25; Colossians 3v1-5
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50 Minuten
How do we resist being shaped by modern culture? The "world," as the New Testament writers called it, shapes how we think and live. John Mark discusses how we can discover how we being shaped by culture. By learning how to reconnect with God's definitions of good and evil in those ways, we find how to be "in the world but not of it."
Key Scripture Passages: John 15v18-21; John 17v6-18; 1 John 2v15-17; Romans 1v20; 1 John 3v16;
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Why Liberalism Failed, Patrick Deneen
Liberal Christianity, Theo Hobson
The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
Disappearing Church, Mark Sayers
The Truth About Lies and the Lies About Truth, David Takle
Key Scripture Passages: John 15v18-21; John 17v6-18; 1 John 2v15-17; Romans 1v20; 1 John 3v16;
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Why Liberalism Failed, Patrick Deneen
Liberal Christianity, Theo Hobson
The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
Disappearing Church, Mark Sayers
The Truth About Lies and the Lies About Truth, David Takle
59 Minuten
You don't just reap what you sow: you become what you sow. Continuing his exploration of Galatians, John Mark teaches that our decisions to walk by the Spirit or by the flesh have a compounding effect that shapes our character and our destiny. He finishes by encouraging us to embrace the way of Jesus as practice walking by the spirit.
Key Scripture Passages: Galatians 6v1-9; James 1v4
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Satan and the Problem of Evil, Greg Boyd
Key Scripture Passages: Galatians 6v1-9; James 1v4
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Satan and the Problem of Evil, Greg Boyd
1 Stunde 2 Minuten
Doesn't freedom mean that I can do what I want? Not according to Jesus. John Mark contrasts our modern culture's definition of freedom with how Jesus and the other biblical authors thought about freedom. He then breaks down Galatians 5 and shows us how the practices of Jesus help us to walk by the Spirit towards true fulfillment in God and not be mastered by the flesh.
Key Scripture Passages: Ephesians 2v1-5; Galatians 5v1-26
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The Gift of Being Yourself, David Benner
Why Liberalism Failed, Patrick Deneen
Key Scripture Passages: Ephesians 2v1-5; Galatians 5v1-26
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The Gift of Being Yourself, David Benner
Why Liberalism Failed, Patrick Deneen
55 Minuten
How do we identify the lies that we are believing about God and ourselves? John Mark talks on the destruction that deception and believing lies can cause in our lives with a teaching on the Fall. Then he shows us how to identify and overcome those lies: by living with spirit and truth and refining our desires with the practices of Jesus.
Key Scripture Passages: John 8v44-45; Genesis 3v1-15; Luke 4v1-13; Ephesians 6v13; James 4v7-8; 1 Peter 5v8-9
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The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck
Why Liberalism Failed, Patrick Deneen
Key Scripture Passages: John 8v44-45; Genesis 3v1-15; Luke 4v1-13; Ephesians 6v13; James 4v7-8; 1 Peter 5v8-9
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The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck
Why Liberalism Failed, Patrick Deneen
