“Maybe the truth is that we want a God who is controllable because we want to be God. We want to be the authority on who God is or isn’t and what’s right or wrong, but we want the mask… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“In his commencement address at Kenyon College, the novelist and social critic David Foster Wallace eloquently said, “In the day-to-day trenches of adult life,… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“Often what we believe about God says more about us than it does about God. Our theology is like a mirror to the soul.… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“Jesus’ life is the example for how to love. It’s that easy. And that difficult.” — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“when God describes himself, he doesn’t start with how powerful he is or how he knows everything there is to know or how he’s… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“I have two sons. Jude is five, with dark, curly hair. He looks just like his mom. Moses is two, with bright eyes and… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“Here’s how you know if you’ve created God in your own image: he agrees with you on everything.” — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“When we say that God is faithful, we don’t mean you’ll never experience suffering. A lot of people—in particular, Americans—misinterpret God’s faithfulness to mean… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“Scripture is first and foremost a story. And it’s a story about God. We want to make it a story about us—about how to… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“Who are you following? Everybody is following somebody -or at least someone. Put another way, we’re all disciples. The question isn’t, Am I a… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“We were set up to love. To absorb the love of God into our bloodstream and then to share it with another human being.” — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“Every thought in your mind needs to be filtered. If you are going to survive this war, you need to be a domineering, controlling,… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“Can you imagine what it would be like to stand in front of the Creator? The problem is that we fear all the wrong… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“To clarify, it’s not that God’s will is weak—on an even playing field with all the other wills. As if we, God, and Satan… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“Any skilled con artist knows the key to deceiving your mark is to get them to believe your scheme was their idea. Translation: The… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
“One of the reasons there are so many bitter, disenfranchised people who are angry at the church is because of bad theology. It’s really,… — John Mark Comer Copy Share Image
