Live No Lies

1.Comer argues that the devil's primary weapon is not temptation to evil acts but deception — planting false ideas. How does this reframe the way you think about spiritual warfare? Does it make the concept feel more or less real to you?

1.Comer draws on research about how the brain forms habits and emotional patterns — the idea that repeated thoughts literally shape our neural architecture. Did this neuroscientific framing help you understand why lies are so sticky? Or did it feel like it was pulling the spiritual rug out from under the conversation?

1.Comer argues that the New Testament word 'flesh' (Greek: sarx) does not mean the physical body but rather the pull of disordered desire — the part of us that wants good things in bad ways or bad things instead of good ones. How does this definition change your reading of passages like Galatians 5 or Romans 7?

1.Comer argues that the traditional approach of 'just say no' to the flesh is not only ineffective but actually counter-productive — suppression without replacement doesn't work. Do you agree? What has been your default strategy for resisting fleshly desires, and how has it worked?

1.Comer carefully distinguishes between 'world' as God's good creation (which we are to love), 'world' as the people in it (whom we are to love), and 'world' as the spirit of the age — the set of anti-God values, assumptions, and stories that structure secular culture. Why is this threefold distinction important? What goes wrong when Christians collapse them?

1.Comer (drawing on James K. A. Smith) argues that we are primarily 'desiring animals' rather than 'thinking animals' — our loves, not just our beliefs, determine who we are. How does this anthropology reshape the way you think about discipleship and spiritual formation?

1.Comer argues that the world's lies tend to cluster around three core questions: Who am I? What is freedom? and What will make me happy? How do these three questions map onto the three lies he identifies? Can you state each lie in a single sentence?

1.Comer resists two bad options: world-flight (retreating into a Christian subculture and disengaging from the broader world) and world-accommodation (simply blending in). What is his proposed third way, and how does he describe it?

1.Comer describes Paul's 'armor of God' passage (Ephesians 6) and points out that most of the armor is defensive — except the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. What does it mean that truth is our primary offensive weapon? How does this change the way you think about engaging your Bible?

1.Comer argues that the 'one another' commands of the New Testament — confess to one another, pray for one another, bear one another's burdens — are not optional extras for particularly social Christians but essential armor for everyone. Which 'one another' command do you find hardest to practice, and why?

1.Comer argues that Jesus didn't just teach spiritual disciplines — he practiced them: solitude, silence, fasting, prayer, Sabbath, Scripture. What is the significance of Jesus himself needing these practices? What does it tell us about what kind of beings we are?

1.Comer ends with a call to decision — to stop drifting and to actively, deliberately choose the way of Jesus. What is the decision he is asking you to make? Have you made it? What does 'yes' actually look like in concrete terms for your life?

1.Looking back across the full arc of the book: what was the single most important thing you learned or the moment when something shifted most significantly for you? Was it a concept, a story, a question, or a practice?