By Chris Goswami2024-02-16T09:53:00
When Covid-19 gripped the globe, John Mark Comer’s The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry became a worldwide bestseller. Four years later, his next book offers a transformational approach to walking with Jesus, says Chris Goswami
What if someone told you that most Christians are not following Jesus? That’s what John Mark Comer suggests in his latest book Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, become like him, do as he did (Form).
He calls this widespread attitude: “salvation by minimal entrance requirements”. We say the sinner’s prayer, show up at church, give some money and occasionally pray. But that doesn’t make you a follower of Jesus, says Comer. It just makes you someone who agrees with what he says.
Being a follower of Jesus comes at a price, says Comer, but there is an even bigger cost to not being one; we lose out on the fullness of life God has for us. We miss out on the joy of abiding in God. We say “no” to the peace that transcends understanding and the freedom from bondage to sin. We forgo the very purpose for which God created us.
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