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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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What is your experience of the Psalms in the Hebrew Bible? Take a moment to reflect on the following: Which psalms most readily come to mind? What memories do you associate with those psalms? What people and places do you think of when you hear a psalm? What Christian hymns and songs extend the reach …
John 12:23-24; Luke 9:23 Sprouted shoots of barley and wheat. Walk into almost any church, and you will see one of two realities – either the predictable machinations of moralistic therapeutic deism and passive consumer religion, or the beauty, mystery and enthusiasm of a gathered community of Jesus followers, experimentally living out their faith. One reality …
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