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John Mark Comer claims that the most important goal of apprenticeship is being with Jesus - being aware of His presence and hearing His voice. Bob DeWaay calls this spirituality divorced from rationality. He shows that being aware of presence is not a biblical category and contrasts it with the biblical promises from Romans 8. He also addresses Comer's claim that we can "live in the moment-by-moment flow of love within the Trinity." We cite 1John 4:1-3 to show that we are to use objective truth and our rational minds to test the spirits, not an inner consciousness of something spiritual.
A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 18 - Spirituality Divorced from Rationality
This is a critique of Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer, WaterBrook, 2024.
Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
Resources:
The Great Commission in Matthew
Understand Authorial Intent
cicministry.org/commentary/issue142.htm
Carried by the Comforter
How God Leads Us
cicministry.org/commentary/issue76.htm
Kundalini to Christ
youtube.com/watch?v=lw_9d3x4J0A&list=PLPbjAWANmURoP1gmfzGf0JuTEI4g4K6wp
John Mark Comer claims that the most important goal of apprenticeship is being with Jesus - being aware of His presence and hearing His voice. Bob DeWaay calls this spirituality divorced from rationality. He shows that being aware of presence is not a biblical category and contrasts it with the biblical promises from Romans 8. He also addresses Comer's claim that we can "live in the moment-by-moment flow of love within the Trinity." We cite 1John 4:1-3 to show that we are to use objective truth and our rational minds to test the spirits, not an inner consciousness of something spiritual.
A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 18 - Spirituality Divorced from Rationality
This is a critique of Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer, WaterBrook, 2024.
Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
Resources:
The Great Commission in Matthew
Understand Authorial Intent
cicministry.org/commentary/issue142.htm
Carried by the Comforter
How God Leads Us
cicministry.org/commentary/issue76.htm
Kundalini to Christ
youtube.com/watch?v=lw_9d3x4J0A&list=PLPbjAWANmURoP1gmfzGf0JuTEI4g4K6wp
