===John Mark Comer===
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Podcast #1,013: Practicing Spiritual Disciplines as an Act of Resistance As a pastor, John Mark Comer approaches the spiritual disciplines from a Christian perspective, as the habits and practices from “the way of Jesus” that allow individuals to make deeper layers of themselves available to grace and access the transforming power that’s necessary to become what John Mark calls “a person of love.” (Art of Manliness 8/12/24) READMORE>>>>> My Students Are Reading John Mark Comer, and Now I Know Why From afar, he seemed like one more polished celebrity pastor turned speaker turned writer, with slick content designed to evoke the Rob Bell aesthetic of yore—and for that reason, to annoy people like me. By “people like me,” most charitably, I mean bookish believers and teachers concerned with orthodoxy. Less charitably, I mean snobs with too many degrees who look down on books sold in airport terminals (and by “down,” I mean “with envy”). Here’s how I learned the error of my ways: I noticed Comer’s books in the hands of my students. I assumed someone had assigned him; after all, many college students don’t read for any other reason. But no, they were reading him by choice. They were reading him on technology, on spiritual warfare, on sex—on everything. They started asking my opinion of him. I decided I needed to do due diligence if I was going to have an informed answer. (Christianity Today 2/14/24) READ MORE>>>> July 1, 2021: Keep The Faith: The New Book From Bestselling John Mark Comer
With warmth and encouragement Pastor John Mark Comer, author of ECPA Bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, offers guidance and advice to help you recognise the lies and resist the forces that seek to steal your happiness, wholeness, and holiness. Dec 29, 2014: Christianity Today: Our Best Articles of the Year An alternative to multi-sites. As big churches continue to grow, eventually most of them consider multi-site ministry. John Mark Comer is taking a large Portland church in a very different direction, Farewell Franchise Ministry. Sept 3, 2014: TLC: Audrey Botti: Jeremy's Marriage Proposal I will end my story by sharing something that I read just a few days prior to the day of the proposal. Itʼs from a book called Loveology, which was written by John Mark Comer (the pastor of our church in Portland). “But do get married when you see who God is making somebody to be, and it lights you up. When you want to be part of that story of transformation. That journey to the future. When you are well aware it will be a long and bumpy ride, but you donʼt want to miss one mile. Because you believe in Godʼs calling on them, and you want in.” – John Mark Comer July 9, 2014: Youtube: Loveology Small Group Bible Study by John Mark Comer May 14, 2014: Not Perfect Only Forgiven: Love-ology - book review Okay, so Love-ology is written by John Mark Comer and it's a book on, well, you probably already guessed it, love. He talks on what a God honoring relationship looks like, how to have one, how far is "too far" when you're dating, etc., etc. Feb 4, 2014: Chuck Bonar: Loveology My friend, John Mark Comer, has his first book release today. It's with Zondervan and it's called Loveology: God. Love. Marriage. Sex. And the never-ending story of male and female. I gladly endorsed it by writing: Mar 11, 2014: Oversight of Souls: Moving Away from Mega-Church & Multi-Site I don’t know John Mark Comer or Solid Rock Church where he pastors. But I resonate with what he says in this interview about their move away from a multi-site mega church model to a family of independent churches. This is what I have been urging so I am heartened to see this being done. |
August 8, 2024: Joe Carter wrote: A lie is making an untrue statement or acting in such a way as to leave a false or misleading impression, especially with the intent to deceive someone who is deserving of the truth (and there are few situations where hearers are not deserving of truth [e.g., Josh. 2:4]). A lie is in opposition to the truth, and thus in opposition to Jesus. Post-truth is the phenomenon where public opinion is shaped more by unreality than reality, by lies rather than objective truth. Post-truth is the phenomenon where public opinion is shaped more by unreality than reality, by lies rather than objective truth. John Mark Comer notes that “the problem [today] is less that we tell lies and more that we live them; we let false narratives about reality into our bodies, and they wreak havoc in our souls.” In this post-truth world, we’re in the latest stage of what Comer calls the “war on lies.”
October 2, 2024: Comer to Relevant Magazine: So I think hope starts with accepting the pain of life. We’re mortal, we’re fragile, we’re living through a global pandemic, we could die, life is hard, we’re living through a political polarization that might get better but I would be shocked if it goes away. And the future of Western civilization itself is a little bit up in the air right now. Not like it’s going to devolve into the Dark Ages, but lots of people are saying this is what it felt like at the end of the Roman Empire. That’s over my pay grade. I don’t know. And what will come after this? I don’t know! And part of me is more and more excited to see, but only after I’ve done the work of grieving. 
Feb 8, 2013: Amid the coverage and criticism of his recent sermon entitled, "Yahweh Elohim," John Mark Comer, pastor of Solid Rock Church in Portland, Oregon, has offered the following attempted clarification on his Facebook page:
Solid Rock family, Some of you have been asking some great questions about my recent teaching “Yahweh Elohim” and Solid Rock’s theology. To clarify, we are NOT polytheists. We ARE monotheists. We believe there is ONE real, true Creator God with NO equal or parallel. By using the language of “Creational Monotheism,” we are saying there are real spiritual beings in the universe UNDER the Creator God Yahweh. The demonic powers we read about in the scriptures are not “non-entities,” but are real. The New Testament calls them “demons,” “angels,” “spirits,” “powers,” “princes,” and “principalities,” but the primary Hebrew word used in the Old Testament is elohim or “gods.” These beings are “gods with a lowercase g.” They are not on par with the Creator God Yahweh. They are created, but have rebelled against their Creator to wreak havoc on the earth. This is the worldview of Jesus and of the Scriptures. By using the language of “Creational Monotheism vs. Modern Monotheism," we are challenging the post-enlightenment, Western European view of monotheism from the last 300 years that says there are no other spiritual beings in the universe. We don’t buy it, and we don’t think Jesus does either. At Solid Rock it is our deepest conviction to know and pursue the ways of King Jesus, to understand and adopt his way of thinking and his worldview. Stay rooted in the Scriptures, keep asking questions, and above all follow the Creator God in Jesus! John Mark and the teaching team of Solid Rock |
| February 11, 2014 What Is Sex? by John Mark Comer |
July 9, 2014: Comer: This is why I pray men and women wouldn't use each other for sex. To cheat on a man or woman is not only hurtful for the persons in the relationship but hurtful to God. Even when it comes to fiction like my boyfriend's favorite character Barney from How I Met Your Mother because it creates false Love. The opposite of Love is Fear/Hate/Jealousy. People were never created to be used as objects. Making Love is when two humans souls are fused together becoming ONE FLESH. Its always about Love. Never about comedy or entertainment. God created Us to Love God and to Love one another. What is God's reason for Love? Not to be used. It's meant to flourish His Spirit within you.