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John Mark Comer

John Mark Comer is an American pastor, teacher, and author focused on spiritual formation, discipleship, and contemplative Christian practice. He is best known for The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, Live No Lies, and Practicing the Way, and has shaped contemporary evangelical conversations through church leadership, teaching, and widely read books.

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

John Mark Comer is an American pastor, teacher, and author whose work grew out of the tensions of contemporary urban Christianity. Raised in the Bay Area and later formed by graduate study in Biblical and Theological Studies at Western Seminary, he entered ministry young; in a 2017 interview he said he had planted a church at age 23 and later came to believe that was earlier than he would advise. His longest public chapter unfolded in Portland, Oregon, where he spent nearly two decades as the founding pastor of Bridgetown Church, trying to articulate what discipleship could mean in a secular, post-Christian city. ((https://faithdrivenentrepreneur.org/john-mark-comer/?utm_source=openai))

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It’s not enough to slow down and simplify our lives; we need to live with a greater level of intentionality in our apprenticeship to Jesus
-Practicing the Way Preview
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Hurry is incompatible with the way of Jesus
-The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry Preview
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The problem isn’t so much that we tell lies but that we live them
-Live No Lies Preview
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What we believe about God will shape the person we become
-God Has a Name
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Scripture is first and foremost a story. And it’s a story about God
-The God on top of the mountain
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I’m not a machine. I can’t work seven days a week. I’m a human
-I am not a machine
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Prayer isn’t a place to be good; it’s a place to be honest
-Five things to lean into in times of hardship
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Unless they move from our mind into our body, they don’t become reality
-How to Unhurry Workbook
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Only the dream turned into a nightmare
-The True Cost

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"John Mark Comer’s transparency invites us to reconsider how we live our lives"

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"John Mark Comer meditates on how Christian discipleship is, at its root, the radical task of becoming an apprentice of Jesus"

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"I love John Mark Comer’s vision for life—to be with Jesus, become more like him, and aspire to do what Jesus would do"

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