Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace
With warmth and encouragement Pastor John Mark Comer, author of ECPA Bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, offers guidance and advice to help you recognise the lies and resist the forces that seek to steal your happiness, wholeness and holiness.
As Christians, we're all at war with three fierce adversaries of the soul that feed us deceptive ideas to harm our spiritual well-being: the world, the flesh and the devil. Live No Lies parses out the tactics, strengths and weaknesses of these enemies, giving you a clear battle plan and spiritual practices to outwit and overcome these evils.
Skilfully weaving together uplifting wisdom and reassuring, practical guidance, this is a book for anyone looking for everyday disciplines to help them care for their soul. Live No Lies will equip you with all you need to make practices for resisting evil an active part of your spiritual formation, and leave you motivated to find happiness and peace in Jesus.
The tug-of-war in your chest for wholeness? Those lies that sabotage your peace? It's time to identify them, and defeat them.
In Live No Lies, John Mark Comer offers spiritual practices and advice for finding happiness and peace by recognising and resisting evil in the world, the flesh and the devil.
Contents
xiii The war on lies
xix A manifesto for exile
Part 1: The devil
5 The truth about lies
23 Ideas, weaponized
49 Dezinformatsiya
71 And having done all, to stand
Part 2: The flesh
105 The slavery of freedom
125 "Their passions forge their fetters"
145 The law of returns
167 So I say, live by the Spirit
Part 3: The world
195 The brutal honesty about normal
221 A remnant
245 Epilogue: Self-denial in an age of self-fulfillment
259 Appendix: A monastic handbook for combating demons
263 Thank yous
267 Notes
"This is the book I've been waiting for and one of the most important books a follower of Jesus will ever read. It will become a classic."
"John Mark Comer is a gift to the church. He writes with adept cultural nuance, theological savvy, and refreshing spiritual depth. In Live No Lies, he's taken on a multilayered, ancient topic and brilliantly rearticulated it for our generation. This is a gem."
"If your soul feels depleted and beat up, Live No Lies is the book you need to pick up and read. Right now. It is brilliant, deep, scriptural, and will equip you to face the enemy and fight."
"In a time that feels full of contradictions and confusion, John Mark does a masterful job of laying out what is true, what true is, and why it matters deeply that we know the truth. This is the book for our day."
"I devoured every word of this book and found myself deeply stirred and nourished. John Mark speaks to the mind and soul, as he uncovers in his usual thoughtful way the three great enemies to our peace-the world, the flesh, and the devil. You will emerge better after reading these pages."
"Every day we are dealing with temptations in multiple forms that draw us away from faithfulness to the Way of Jesus. In this compelling work, John Mark gives a vision of the beauty of Jesus in a culture of lies."
"This book is a godsend. It exposes our spiritual enemy of untruth-a foe impacting our societies on a global scale. In a world where everyone tries to live their own 'truth,' this book reveals and challenges the many lies that have become common, normal, and accepted in our everyday conversations and decisions.."
"Comer has personally helped me on my faith journey and I believe he is one of the greatest teachers of our generation. As you read Live No Lies, your heart will be strengthened and your eyes opened to the daily war waged against our personal peace."
"In a time where deception seems to have settled upon the land like a dense fog, Live No Lies offers us a clearing to see how we have been deceived, to learn how we deceive ourselves, and to flee from the one who deceives. An essential guide for discernment in our contested age."
- Title: Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace
- Author: John Mark Comer
- Publisher: Form
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780281086528, 9780281086511, 0281086516, 0281086524
- Resource ID: LLS:9780281086528
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-08-10T06:56:09Z
John Mark Comer lives, works, and writes in the urban core of Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Tammy, and their three children: Jude, Moses, and Sunday. He is the pastor for teaching and vision at Bridgetown Church and has a master's degree in biblical and theological studies from Western Seminary. As well as Live No Lies, John Mark is also the author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, My Name Is Hope, Loveology, and Garden City.