Study | Scripture E3
John Mark Comer Teachings
Practicing the Way
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🗓️ 9 June 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by how complex the Bible is—or worry you’re getting it wrong? John Mark explores the practice of study, showing how understanding the Bible’s context, language, and literary form opens us up to deeper transformation. He encourages us to study not to prove a point, but to grow in love for God.
Key Scripture Passage: Luke 4v1-13
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the John Mark Homer Teachings podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Yinka Dawson, your host. |
| 0:09.0 | Each week, we feature teachings by John Mark or others talking about spiritual formation in the body of Christ. |
| 0:15.0 | Today, we're covering another essential practice of engaging with Scripture. |
| 0:20.0 | Study. Throughout history, people have misconstrued and misinterpreted the Bible in all sorts of ways, |
| 0:26.8 | which in turn deforms us from the image of Christ. |
| 0:30.1 | But if we're going to remain true to Jesus and resist the devil's deception, |
| 0:33.9 | we need the discipline of study to own our interpretations and misinterpretations. |
| 0:40.6 | Here's John Mark. |
| 0:44.3 | Good morning, everyone. Let's try that again. Good morning, everyone. |
| 0:51.6 | Peace be with you. My name's John Mark. Very happy if you are new or visiting. Welcome. |
| 0:58.8 | Hello to all of you in South Bay that are with us online. I wish I could be in the room with you, |
| 1:03.4 | but sending love and peace from all of us up here in Santa Monica. Hey, turning your Bibles to Luke |
| 1:09.7 | Chapter 4. If you're just walking in or we're not |
| 1:12.4 | around the last few weeks. This morning is week three of four in the scripture practice. We are |
| 1:17.8 | working our way through how to read and meditate and study and memorize scripture as a spiritual discipline, as a way of opening to God. |
| 1:32.6 | And we'll start off this morning in Luke 4, but before we begin, just stay in your seat. |
| 1:38.8 | Let me give you a moment just to come to quiet and open your heart a few inches more to the move of the spirit in you, |
| 1:48.6 | just to welcome anything that God would say or do in your heart or life in our time this morning. |
| 2:00.1 | Come, Holy Spirit. |
| 2:01.6 | Come, Holy Spirit. Thank you. I'm I'm |
| 2:18.3 | I'm |
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