Live No Lies by John Mark Comer
Week 8: Chapter 10 — The Three Lies (The World's Core Deceptions)
Read Chapter 10 of Live No Lies. Key reference: Genesis 3; 1 John 2:16.
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Comer now gets specific, arguing that beneath the dizzying variety of cultural lies there are three foundational deceptions — about identity, freedom, and happiness — that go all the way back to the garden and reappear in every age.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.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?
2.The first lie — about identity — is roughly: 'You are your desires; your authentic self is found by looking inward and expressing what you find there.' How does this compare to the Christian account of identity, which is received from God rather than discovered within? Where do you feel the pull of the therapeutic self-creation narrative?
3.The second lie — about freedom — is roughly: 'Freedom means having no external authority over your choices; it is autonomy from all constraints.' How does the New Testament's vision of freedom (freedom from sin, freedom for love and service) differ from this, and which vision do you find more compelling — and why?
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