Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer
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Teaching | A Community of Contribution in a Culture of Careerism | Future Church E07
20 oktober 2023 · 34 min
How would you work differently if you believed your work was essential to your apprenticeship to Jesus? John Mark argues that a subtle religion emerging in our culture is 'work-ism,' where work becomes the primary system of meaning and identity in our lives. In contrast, he proposes the practice of vocation - 're-weaving glory' by doing everything unto the Lord. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passages: Genesis 1v26-29, 2v8-15
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Teaching | A Community of Peacemakers in a Culture of Political Polarization | Future Church E06
13 oktober 2023 · 40 min
What if the way forward in our political moment isn’t sweeping reform, but a meal around the table? As much of the world becomes more divided than ever, John Mark challenges us to become peacemakers by demonstrating God's love through the practice of hospitality. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passages: Mark 2v13-17, Mark 3v13-19, Romans 12v13, 1 Peter 4v8-9, Hebrews 13v1-2
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Teaching | A Community of Peace in a Culture of Outrage and Fear | Future Church E05
6 oktober 2023 · 48 min
"If there's anything left of my annoying voice in your memory banks in 20 years, I would hope that you would hear me as a brother in your ear just saying, 'follow Jesus to the quiet and pray.'" Lees meer
All around us, people are angry and afraid. John Mark invites us to become a community of peaceful, 'non-anxious presences' by engaging in the practice of silence and solitude. Through this practice, we learn how to receive the love of God into the deepest places of our pain and fear.
Key Scripture Passage: Luke 5v12-16
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Teaching | A Community of Holiness in a Culture of Moral Relativism | Future Church E04
29 september 2023 · 52 min
How do we love others in the moral decay of the modern West? John Mark argues that the world needs a community of holiness as the counter-culture to the mainstream. John Mark explores the concept of holiness, a theology of the body, and the practice of fasting as a path to joy in God. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: 1 Corinthians 6v12-20
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Teaching | A Community of Orthodoxy in a Culture of Ideological Idolatry | Future Church E03
22 september 2023 · 56 min
In a culture of deconstruction and ideology, how do we stay faithful to Jesus and His teachings? Through the practice of Scripture, John Mark challenges us to deepen our trust in God and the teachings of our rabbi, Jesus. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: 2 Corinthians 10v1-5
Resource for this teaching: After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith Without Losing It, AJ Swoboda
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Teaching | A Community of Tight-Knit Relationships in a Culture of Individualism | Future Church E02
15 september 2023 · 56 min
How do we cultivate deep community? John Mark explores how the practice of community fits into our cultural moment of the loneliness of tribalism and individualism. He challenges us to press into community, even in pain, wounding, and trauma, since it is in community that we will ultimately find our healing. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Romans 12
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Teaching | It's Time to Dream Again | Future Church E01
8 september 2023 · 37 min
"This could be our finest moment. This could be the moment not of our death but of our rebirth." Lees meer
John Mark challenges us to dream again about what the Church can and should be in our cultural moment. He invites us to re-examine our Rule of Life as we think about being a counter-culture amidst the secular mainstream.
Key Scripture Passage: Psalm 80
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Teaching | Gethsemane Prayer | Gospel of Matthew
1 september 2023 · 52 min
How do we deal with emotional pain? John Mark explores Jesus's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, and discusses how His model can help us process through our own moments of pain, turmoil, and disappointment. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 26v36-46
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Teaching | The Way of Mercy, Integrity, and Humility | Gospel of Matthew
25 augustus 2023 · 47 min
How do we keep from becoming "pharisees"? In a time when deconstruction is the cultural tide we swim in and disillusionment with pastors is widespread and well-earned, how do we model the way of Jesus? John Mark looks at Jesus's critique of the pharisees in Matthew 23, and explores what it means for us: how we live our lives and relate to our leaders in the church. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 23
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Teaching | Love is the Measure | Gospel of Matthew
18 augustus 2023 · 47 min
What is life about? John Mark teaches on Jesus's teaching on the two greatest commandments in the Old Testament: to love God and to love our neighbor. He challenges us to examine how we can arrange our lives in such a way that love of God and neighbor is our natural response. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 22v34-40
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Teaching | The Marriage Myth | Gospel of Matthew
11 augustus 2023 · 46 min
Is marriage a contract, or a covenant? Is the love that lasts a lifetime a fiery passion of desire, or something else? Is divorce a necessary evil to “be true to yourself,” or a rupture of a deep union? Jesus’ teaching on divorce is based in his vision of marriage, which is as radical today as it was nearly two thousand years ago. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 19v1-10
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Teaching | If Your Brother or Sister Sins | Gospel of Matthew
4 augustus 2023 · 40 min
What do we do when other followers of Jesus fall into sin and wander away? John Mark explores Jesus’ teaching on dealing with sin in the church. Even though it's one of the most abused teachings of Jesus, John Mark show that, rightly applied, it has the potential to help the church become everything it's called to be. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 18v10-20
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Teaching | Unless You Change and Become Like Little Children | Gospel of Matthew
28 juli 2023 · 39 min
Jesus’ call for his apprentices to become like children is one of his most misunderstood teachings. John Mark explores the cultural background to Jesus’ words and argues that living like a child -- dependent, humble, and servant-hearted -- is the the key to greatness in Jesus' Kingdom. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 18v1-9
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Teaching | On Listening | Gospel of Matthew
21 juli 2023 · 44 min
At the fulcrum point in Matthew’s gospel, Jesus goes up on a high mountain where he is transfigured before his apprentices. Over their fear, the apprentices hear a voice from heaven saying, “listen to him!” Thousands of years later, in our own fears, the call to find a mountain and listen to Jesus is greater than ever. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 16v28-17v13
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Teaching | Take Up Your Cross | Gospel of Matthew
14 juli 2023 · 54 min
What if control is actually an illusion? What if yielding is actually the path to freedom and joy? John Mark explores Jesus' call to deny your self and take up your cross and follow Him. In a culture of hedonism, digital instant gratification, and postmodern propaganda, this call sounds bizarre. But in yielding control to God in trusting love, we enter the Kingdom. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 16v21-27
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Teaching | Who Do You Say I Am? | Gospel of Matthew
7 juli 2023 · 53 min
"How you answer the question, 'who do you say I am,' will define you." Lees meer
John Mark explores Simon Peter's confession of Jesus as the Christ. He shows us that in seeing Jesus rightly, we move from fear to faith.
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 16v13-20
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Teaching | Jesus on Becoming a Non-Anxious Presence | Gospel of Matthew
30 juni 2023 · 52 min
In this well known, but often missed-out-on story of Jesus walking on the water, we notice the writer Matthew’s key insights from Jesus’ life and teaching about becoming a “non-anxious presence” in a world caught in a vicious cycle of anxiety. We have faith and release control. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 14v22-36
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Teaching | We’re All Thomas Now | Gospel of Matthew
23 juni 2023 · 48 min
Jesus warns and encourages his disciples about what will come as they live into his Kingdom mission. What would it look like to live as a disciple, free of all fear, fully alive to his power? Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 11v1-15
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Teaching | A Haunting Way to End a Sermon | Gospel of Matthew
16 juni 2023 · 52 min
What do we do the Jesus’ teachings in the Sermon on the Mount? Jesus ends his manifesto of life in the kingdom of the heavens, not with a pep talk or feel-good story, but with a warning about what happens when we don’t put his teachings into practice. John Mark argues that, in the “information” age, where things go in one ear and out the other, we need to be diligent to do what Jesus taught. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 7v24-29
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Teaching | Here Comes the Wolf Pack | Gospel of Matthew
9 juni 2023 · 49 min
With so many voices claiming to be the truth, how do we discern what is from God and what isn't? John Mark examine's Jesus's warning to beware false prophets in the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus's three "tests" for who to believe. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 7v15-23
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Teaching | The Golden Rule | Gospel of Matthew
2 juni 2023 · 41 min
We all know the Golden Rule, but do we actually live by it? John Mark teaches on how this summary of the teachings of the Bible was familiar during the time of Jesus, but how Jesus makes it even more radical and powerful. He concludes by challenging us to actually try living by this rule and doing to others what we would have them do to us. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 7v12
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Teaching | The Tyranny of Living for the Approval of Others | Gospel of Matthew
26 mei 2023 · 50 min
Are you tired of trying to earn other's approval? John Mark looks at the first of Jesus's teachings of practicing righteousness before others to be noticed by them in Matthew chapter six. He encourages us to break free from the bondage of seeking the approval (or disapproval) of others by doing good works in secret in order to be rewarded not by others, but by our Father in Heaven. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 6v1-4
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Teaching | Jesus on His Most Radical Idea: Enemy Love | Gospel of Matthew
19 mei 2023 · 52 min
Is it practical to love our enemy? John Mark exegetes from Jesus's final teaching in Matthew chapter five on enemy love. He challenges us to take this teaching seriously by showing historical and personal examples of Jesus's way bearing fruit, and encourages us to lean into our questions about this teaching with honestly before God and our communities. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 5v43-48
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Teaching | Jesus on Breaking the Chain of Violence | Gospel of Matthew
12 mei 2023 · 46 min
Is following Jesus really incompatible with violence? John Mark looks into Jesus's teaching about returning evil not with more evil but with good. He wraps up by acknowledging how many of us are resistant to Jesus's ideas on nonviolence, but encourages us to continue to follow and learn from Jesus and not let our conclusions become a source of disunity in the Body of Christ. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 5v38-42
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Fight, Preston Sprinkle
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Teaching | Jesus on Objectification and Oppression | Gospel of Matthew
5 mei 2023 · 55 min
When Jesus recounts the Laws from the Torah, he doesn’t simply address the behavior, he gets to the heart of sin. John Mark explores Jesus's commandments surrounding lust and divorce and highlights how God's heart is for us to honor one another as brothers and sisters in our we see and interact with one another. He concluded by challenging us to repent for the ways that we have dishonored one another and to step forward into Jesus's plan for human flourishing. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 5v27-32
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Divorce and Remarriage in the Church, David Instone-Brewer
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Teaching | Jesus on Anger | Gospel of Matthew
28 april 2023 · 52 min
Is anger wrong? John Mark looks at Jesus's teaching on anger in the Sermon on the Mount, and argues that Jesus is teaching us to guard against nursing a grudge, harboring resentment, and partnering with contempt. Instead, Jesus offers a way forward: reaching out in love and a spirit of reconciliation. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 5v21-26
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Teaching | What Does Jesus Think About the Bible? | Gospel of Matthew
21 april 2023 · 44 min
"The Bible is how the authority of Jesus is mediated to His apprentices." Lees meer
John Mark examines Jesus's teachings on the Scriptures in Matthew chapter five. He argues that Jesus not only views the Bible as trustworthy, authoritative, and good, but also sees Himself as the climax of the biblical narrative.
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 5v17-20
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Teaching | Who is Actually Blessed? | Gospel of Matthew
14 april 2023 · 48 min
Most people think of the Beatitudes as virtues, but what if that's not at all what Jesus was saying? John Mark looks at some of the ancient context around Jesus's opening of the Sermon on the Mount and argues that Jesus is not telling us virtues to aim for, but offering blessing to the downtrodden of the world in the midst of their pain. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 5v1-10
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Teaching | Origin Story | Gospel of Matthew
7 april 2023 · 37 min
What can Jesus's origin story tell us about Him? John Mark explores Matthew's story of Jesus's conception and His calling to "save their people from their sins." He invites us to recognize where we need saving, healing, and rescue in our own lives. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 1v18-2v23
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Teaching | A Genealogy, Really? | Gospel of Matthew
31 maart 2023 · 49 min
"This genealogy isn't just a genealogy. It's an invitation to join the story of Jesus." Lees meer
John Mark explores the genealogy of Jesus found in Matthew and uncovers for us the hidden treasures of meaning found in this often-overlooked section.
Key Scripture Passages: Matthew 1v1-17, Matthew 13v51-52
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Teaching | Live in a Way That Begs the Question | Preaching the Gospel E04
24 maart 2023 · 53 min
“What if there is a rich gift waiting for us in this new cultural moment of rising hostility?” Lees meer
John Mark discusses what it meant in the early church to be a witness and how that applies to how we share the Gospel. He argues that the call of Jesus isn't just to preach the good news, but it's also to become 'good news people.'
Key Scripture Passage: 1 Peter 2v11-12
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/preaching-the-gospel
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Teaching | Practice Hospitality | Preaching the Gospel E03
17 maart 2023 · 48 min
How do we preach the Gospel in our cultural moment? John Mark examines Jesus’s practice of hospitality and how this practice can help us share the good news about Jesus with the lost and the least. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passages: Luke 19v1-10; Luke 7v33-50
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/preaching-the-gospel
A Meal with Jesus, Tim Chester
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Teaching | The Four American Gospels | Preaching the Gospel E02
10 maart 2023 · 53 min
What does it even mean to be saved? John Mark looks at four common articulations of the Gospel, and unpacks what’s good about each of them, and how they might fall short of the Gospel Jesus preached. He concludes with some thoughts on how we can examine our own views of the Gospel with our communities. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 19v16-30
Resources for this practices:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/preaching-the-gospel
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Teaching | What is the Gospel? | Preaching the Gospel E01
3 maart 2023 · 54 min
“A lot of us are emotionally allergic to preaching the Gospel of Jesus.” Lees meer
In our post-modern culture, sharing the good news of Jesus can feel insensitive or unkind. John Mark shows us that everyone is believing a “gospel” of what they hope in, and through the Scriptures, unpacks how Jesus preached the Gospel and what it means to rethink and turn towards Jesus.
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/preaching-the-gospel
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Teaching | Simplicity of Stuff | Simplicity E04
24 februari 2023 · 43 min
"The more we have, the more we want." Lees meer
John Mark examines how our never-ending desire can lead to lives of discontentment and dissatisfaction, but how the practices of desiring less and generosity can help us practice simplicity and lay hold of Jesus’s promise of life to the full.
Key Scripture Passage: 1 Timothy 6v2-19
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/simplicity
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Teaching | Simplicity of Speech | Simplicity E03
17 februari 2023 · 43 min
“The mouth is the main thoroughfare of evil in human life.” – Dallas Willard Lees meer
Simplicity of speech is a disciplined attempt to bring our speech into alignment with Jesus' heart. John Mark dives into what the New Testament’s author say about the power of the tongue and our words. Through it, he encourages us to simplify what we say in order to ultimately bring more blessing into the world.
Key Scripture Passages: Luke 6v43-45; Mark 12v13-17; Mark 15v1-5; James 3v1-12
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/simplicity
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Teaching | Simplicity of Heart | Simplicity E02
10 februari 2023 · 40 min
Simplicity is about choosing a deep life over a simple one, a life of focus rather than a life of distraction. John Mark talks about how we need to simplify around something, and how our heart and values are essential for this practice. He reminds us that, as followers of Jesus, we are called to make Him the center of our lives, in the various ways that plays out for each of us. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passages: Luke 12v22-31
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/simplicity
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Teaching | The Propaganda of More | Simplicity E01
3 februari 2023 · 38 min
Most of us don’t really believe that less money, stuff, or activities is actually the way to a better life. But Jesus’s teachings tell us that life doesn’t consist of our possessions. John Mark introduces the practice of simplicity, also called minimalism, by reviewing Jesus’s teachings on money and discussing how simplicity can lead to a better, happier life. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passages: Luke 12v13-21, Matthew 19v23-24, 1 Timothy 6v6-10, Hebrews 13v5
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/simplicity
The Freedom of Simplicity, Richard Foster
Abundant Simplicity, Jan Johnson
The More of Less, Joshua Becker
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Teaching | The Bible as Spiritual Authority | Scripture E03
27 januari 2023 · 46 min
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. Lees meer
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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Teaching | The Bible as an Alternative Story | Scripture E02
20 januari 2023 · 51 min
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. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Luke 4v14-22
Resources for this practice: https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/scripture
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Teaching | Can We Trust the Bible? | Scripture E01
13 januari 2023 · 45 min
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. Lees meer
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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Teaching | Joy: Part 02 | Unhurrying With a Rule of Life E07
6 januari 2023 · 45 min
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. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Philippians 4v4-9
Resources for this practice
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
Path of Life, Rick Howe (https://amzn.to/3ERlngB)
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Teaching | Joy: Part 01 | Unhurrying With a Rule of Life E06
30 december 2022 · 57 min
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. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passages: Luke 1v39-45; Luke 2v8-11; Luke 4v14-21; Luke 10v17-21;
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
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Teaching | The Power of Margin in a World Without Limits | Unhurrying With a Rule of Life E05
23 december 2022 · 45 min
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. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passages: Genesis 1v26-2v8, Genesis 3v1-7
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
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Teaching | The Power of Quiet in a World of Noise | Unhurrying With a Rule of Life E04
16 december 2022 · 58 min
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. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Luke 5v15, Matthew 6v5-6
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/unhurry
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Teaching | The Case for a Digital Asceticism | Unhurrying With a Rule of Life E03
9 december 2022 · 59 min
“If your rule of life does not find a way to ruthlessly eliminate digital distraction, it will likely fail.” Lees meer
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
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Teaching | Developing a Rule of Life | Unhurrying With a Rule of Life E02
2 december 2022 · 54 min
“A good rule of life can actually set us free to be our true and best selves.” Lees meer
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
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Teaching | The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry | Unhurrying With a Rule of Life E01
25 november 2022 · 45 min
“Most people are just too busy to live an emotionally healthy and spiritually rich life.” Lees meer
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
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Teaching | A Community of Honor in a Culture of Contempt | Community E03
18 november 2022 · 59 min
“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.” Lees meer
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
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Teaching | One of Jesus' Most Radical Ideas: Family | Community E02
11 november 2022 · 44 min
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. Lees meer
Key Scripture Passage: Mark 3v31-35
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/community