The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
Week 6: Part Two, Chapter 5 — Practice One: Sabbath
Read Part Two, Chapter 5 of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. Key passages: Genesis 2:1–3; Exodus 20:8–11; Mark 2:27
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Comer calls Sabbath the most countercultural practice available to a modern Christian — and the one he had to fight hardest to embrace. Come to these questions ready to be challenged.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Comer admits he resisted Sabbath for years, associating it with legalism and irrelevance. What is your current practice of Sabbath, if any? And what has shaped your view of it — positively or negatively?
2.He roots Sabbath not in the Mosaic law but in creation itself (Genesis 2:1–3) — God rested on the seventh day as a model for human flourishing. What does it mean that rest is built into the fabric of creation, not added later as a concession to weakness?
3.Comer describes Sabbath with four verbs: *stop*, *rest*, *delight*, and *worship*. Which of those four comes most naturally to you? Which feels most foreign or difficult? Why?
a.What would "stopping" look like in your specific life — what would you have to actually turn off or walk away from?
b.What activities genuinely restore and delight you (as opposed to numb or distract you)?