Teaching | The Bible as Spiritual Authority | Scripture E03
Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer
Practicing the Way
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🗓️ 27 January 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Why should I so what the Bible says? Authority is a negative word in our individualistic culture, making the idea of Scriptural authority feel scary for some of us. John Mark challenges us to approach the Bible as Jesus did: with trust and obedience.
Key Scripture Passages: Genesis 3v1-7; Matthew 4v1-11
Resources:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/scripture
Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Craig Keener & John Walton
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the John Mark Comer Teaching's Podcast by Practicing the Way. |
| 0:06.0 | This teaching was first given at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon as a part of the scripture series. I just got back from the UK but the night before I left I went to see 1917 with yes |
| 0:27.6 | With my dear friend Josh Porter who was here last week is basically an adjunct teacher that doesn't get paid at Bridgetown. |
| 0:34.9 | And Josh is my favorite person to see a movie with. |
| 0:37.5 | One because he is the consummate cinnophile. |
| 0:40.1 | And two, because we have a long running debate |
| 0:42.6 | over the role of TV and film and the mind |
| 0:45.8 | of an apprentice of Jesus. |
| 0:47.2 | So he's more of the, it's art, you know, |
| 0:49.9 | to enrich you watch it, to enrich your soul |
| 0:52.0 | and provoke you to mystery in the universe. |
| 0:54.0 | I'm more of the It's Soft Porn. |
| 0:56.0 | You watch it to numb your conscious and destroy your neural pathways opinion. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm right, he's wrong, but I'm open-minded, right? |
| 1:05.0 | And we literally have an email chain that goes back for three years. |
| 1:09.0 | I think it started with a Deadpool or something, and we just argue over email point point point counterpoint |
| 1:15.4 | anyway on the rare occasion when we agree on a film I love to go see one with |
| 1:21.2 | him because he just knows way more than I know. |
| 1:23.6 | And 1917, how many of you have seen that movie? |
| 1:26.4 | Just stunning, you know, it's the first movie as far as I understand that was ever shot |
| 1:30.4 | in one continuous shot. And it felt very different than I expected it felt more |
| 1:35.0 | like a painting to me than like a movie and in our little post movie kind of |
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