Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did
John Mark Comer, the New York Times bestselling author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry and Live No Lies, shows readers what is holding them back from authentically following Jesus - and reveals the countercultural practices to connect us with a vibrant lifelong faith.
"One of the most important books I have read in a decade... If we would all follow in this way, our lives would change and the world would change." Jennie Allen, author of Get Out of Your Head and Find Your People
We all have experienced unwanted parts of our spiritual journey: distance from God, gaps in our character, the fear that our lives will be trivial and empty... Jesus is calling us into more. Calling us to be shaped in his likeness. To experience his abundance of life.
But how, practically, can we do that? By becoming his apprentice. By practicing the Way.
Outlining the timeless process of being with Jesus, becoming like him, and living as he did, bestselling author and pastoral voice John Mark Comer delineates God's vision for the journey of our soul.
In this powerful and practical work, he defines his core philosophy of spiritual formation to help us form a "rule of life."
Along the way, readers benefit from his rich cultural insight, deep biblical teaching, and honest and hopeful view of the potential of each human soul.
You feel like there's more to life than this? You're right. Now come discover just how much life awaits you.
Do you feel like there's more to life than this? You're right. And this book will help you discover and cultivate the countercultural practices to connect you with a vibrant lifelong faith.
Dust
Apprentice to Jesus
3 Jesus was a rabbi
7 Three goals of an apprentice
11 Disciple is a noun, not a verb
13 Are you a Christian or an apprentice?
18 But what are we saved to?
24 A way of life
27 Whoever means whoever
32 Goal #1: Be with Jesus
35 "Abide in me"
41 Turning God into a habit
46 "I look at Him, He looks at me, and we are happy"
53 The reward for following Jesus is Jesus
56 Find your secret place
60 "You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life"
64 Goal #2: Become like him
69 Spiritual formation isn't a Christian thing
72 Formation defined
80 No accidental saints
84 Three losing strategies
89 Problem #1: Sin
96 Problem #2: You've already been formed
101 A working theory of change
114 Terrible, wonderful news: You are not in control
118 Goal #3: Do as he did
124 Jesus the prototype
128 Rhythm #1: Making space for the gospel (i.e., hospitality)
134 Rhythm #2: Preaching the gospel
143 Rhythm #3: Demonstrating the gospel
150 "The joyous burdens of love"
156 How? A Rule of Life
160 The trellis and the vine
162 You already have a Rule of Life
165 Guarding and guiding
168 Four things a good Rule will do for you
174 The practices defined
181 The nine
190 A few tips
202 Find your inner monk
206 Take up your cross
210 Surrender
214 The cost of (non-)discipleship
217 Begin again
222 Extras
224 The Practicing the Way Course
225 A Rule of Life from Practicing the Way
226 The nine practices
229 The Rule of Life Builder
231 Gratitude
233 Notes
- Title: Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did
- Author: John Mark Comer
- Publisher: Form
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780281089703, 9780281086672, 0281086672, 0281089701
- Resource ID: LLS:9780281089703
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-01-19T09:06:52Z