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My dear Wormwood, I have received your anxious report regarding the latest fad among the Enemy’s followers: this tiresome programme of so-called “apprenticeship to the Enemy,” promoted by that meddlesome priest, John Mark Comer. You are quite right to be concerned, though not, I think, for the reasons you suppose. At first glance, the scheme …
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John Mark Comer’s Practicing the Way model of discipleship commends a continuous process of spiritual formation which Comer summarises as “be with Jesus, become like Jesus, do what Jesus did.” The model sits within a rich ecosystem of Christian formation movements that share deep family resemblances. Yet it also offers a distinctive synthesis that arguably …
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John Mark Comer’s Practicing the Way model of discipleship has been widely received as a timely, pastoral answer to the shallowness of modern Western Christianity. It encourages us to slow down, re-centre on Jesus, and practice the life he taught. Who could argue against that? Like any influential model, however, it attracts fair criticisms. Here …
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John Mark Comer’s Practicing the Way model of discipleship has gained traction among Christians, spiritual seekers, and churches around the world because it is biblically faithful, theologically grounded, and psychologically realistic. It is designed to support the spiritual formation of people who actually want to become like Jesus in daily life. Here are six key strengths of …
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John 11:21-27; 14:12 Teaching, training apprentices, rebuking religious leaders. Healings, exorcisms, turning water into wine, calming a storm, feeding a crowd with five loaves and two fish. And then the biggest of all: raising a widow’s son from death to life, and then raising Lazarus from the dead. Jesus was one of the most unusual, noteworthy …
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