What Does It Mean To Be Human? | Garden City E1

John Mark Comer Teachings

Practicing the Way

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What is our purpose? John Mark opens a new series exploring the ideas related to work, rest, and our human condition. He challenges the sacred-secular divide and calls us to see all of life as spiritual, encouraging listeners to dream big about their God-given identity and calling.

Key Scripture Passages: Genesis 1v26-28; Genesis 2v8-15; Revelation 22v1-5

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0:00.0	Hey friends, Yinka here.
0:02.2	Before we jump in, we'd love your help.
0:04.2	We put together a quick two-minute listener surveys
0:06.9	to learn more about you
0:08.1	and how we can make this podcast even better in 2025.
0:11.9	If you're hearing this, the survey is still live.
0:14.4	Head to practiceintheway.org slash podcast survey.
0:18.0	It's super short and your feedback means a lot.
0:21.8	Thanks so much.
0:32.2	Hello and welcome to the John Mark Homer Teachings podcast. My name is Yinka Dawson and I'm your host. Each week we feature teachings by John Mark or other voices in the formation space, and it's
0:37.8	great to have you with us.
0:39.9	We're starting a new series today as we celebrate the re-release of John Mark's book, Garden
0:44.8	City and Hard Copy.
0:46.8	Garden City is one of our favorites among our staff at Practice in the Way, so we're excited
0:51.0	for this new edition.
0:52.6	It's available for pre-order now,
0:54.5	but we'll officially release
0:55.9	on November 18th of this year.
0:58.2	John Mark originally taught these series at Bridgetown
1:00.3	when the book first released.
1:02.2	For this first teaching,
1:03.6	John Mark asked an important and ancient question,
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