Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer
Week 6: Chapter 5 — Do What Jesus Did
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The third goal of apprenticeship is the most visible — and Comer is careful to show why it must come last, as the overflow of being and becoming, rather than the anxious engine that drives them.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Comer argues that "doing what Jesus did" is meant to flow from "being with" and "becoming like" Jesus — that mission is meant to be the overflow of formation, not the substitute for it. Why do you think so many churches get this backward, starting with doing rather than being?
2.He explores what Jesus actually *did* — not just his miracles and teaching but his practices: early morning prayer, retreating to solitary places, sharing meals, serving the marginalized. Which of those practices do you find most compelling? Which most foreign to your life?
3.Comer is honest about the danger of a Christianity focused almost entirely on activism and service — that it can produce burned-out, bitter, or performative people. Have you seen that pattern in yourself or others? What does it suggest about the source of sustainable love and service?
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