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Understanding the Secret Place in Matthew 6 - A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 34
John Mark Comer claims that environment matters for prayer by misusing Jesus’ teaching on prayer in Matthew 6. We examine that passage and show that it’s motive that matters, not environment. In Matthew 6:5-8 Jesus warns against hypocrisy in offering long prayers to gain status among religious people. Going to an inner room to pray in secret was not a mystical spiritual technique to hear God’s voice, it was to avoid praying with mixed motives. Rather than non-tangible metaphysical impressions to know that God is there and hearing us; we must believe by faith what is revealed in the Word of God.
This is a critique of Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer, WaterBrook, 2024.
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Resources:
Honoring God
A Systematic Explanation of Christian Doctrines
cicministry.org/commentary/issue52.htm
Understanding the Secret Place in Matthew 6 - A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 34
John Mark Comer claims that environment matters for prayer by misusing Jesus’ teaching on prayer in Matthew 6. We examine that passage and show that it’s motive that matters, not environment. In Matthew 6:5-8 Jesus warns against hypocrisy in offering long prayers to gain status among religious people. Going to an inner room to pray in secret was not a mystical spiritual technique to hear God’s voice, it was to avoid praying with mixed motives. Rather than non-tangible metaphysical impressions to know that God is there and hearing us; we must believe by faith what is revealed in the Word of God.
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:
Honoring God
A Systematic Explanation of Christian Doctrines
cicministry.org/commentary/issue52.htm
