Teaching | The Truth About Lies: Part 01 | Fighting the World, the Flesh, and the Devil E01
Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer
Practicing the Way
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🗓️ 1 July 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
What is the truth? The modern, secular world laughs off the idea of the devil as a relic from the pre-scientific age. But for Jesus, there is an invisible but intelligent evil at work in the world, but his primary strategy isn’t what most of us expect. It’s lies. Fighting the devil is first and foremost about the war to believe truth over lies.
Key Scripture Passages: John 8v31-47; John 18v36-38
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/fighting
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the John Mark Comer Teaching's Podcast by Practicing the Way. |
| 0:05.0 | This teaching was first given at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon |
| 0:10.0 | as a part of the Fighting the World, the Flesh, and the Devil series. |
| 0:14.0 | Here we are ready to go. |
| 0:22.0 | Please turn in your Bibles to the Gospel of John chapter 8 as we kick off our practice on fighting the world, the flesh, and the devil. |
| 0:33.0 | Before we begin, recommended reading, |
| 0:35.3 | there is a lot on your bookmark from the way in. |
| 0:38.2 | Let me highlight three to kick it off. |
| 0:40.8 | First is the renovation of the heart by Dallas Willard. This is one of my top 10 |
| 0:44.8 | books of all time. It is a synthesis of spirituality and psychology. If you have not |
| 0:50.1 | read this yet, it is worth your time if you have go back and reread his two |
| 0:55.5 | chapters on transforming the mind which were the spark that got me thinking |
| 1:01.2 | down the path that we are about to embark on. |
| 1:04.5 | Secondly, the truth about lies and lies about the truth by David Tackle. |
| 1:08.8 | You've never heard of this book. |
| 1:10.2 | It's not on any bestseller list anywhere, but it is an off-the-beaten path gem and what it maybe lacks in design or whatever. |
| 1:20.7 | It more than makes up for in content. it's all about truth and lies more on that to come and take a look at that and then finally how many of you read the screw tape letters by CS Lewis |
| 1:30.0 | yes all three well the other two gatherings it was at least 50, 60 percent. For you, it's 30 or 40 percent. |
| 1:37.0 | But a lot of you are still young, you have time, all right? We pray for you. This is well worth your time. It is short, it is easy, it is funny, it is a work of satire |
| 1:46.3 | about the devil. It is at the same time a profound intellectual exploration of a whole other dimension of reality. |
| 1:55.2 | Pick it up. |
| 1:55.9 | All three books are available for sale out at our info table |
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