A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 40 - The Hopelessness of Spiritual Formation, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. We compare spiritual formation with the biblical doctrine of sanctification. The beginning point of Comer's version of spiritual formation is the mother's womb (in Adam); the beginning point of true sanctification is supernatural regeneration (in Christ). (duration 00:23:31)

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A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 39 - Replacing Sanctification with Unbiblical Spiritual Formation, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. Comer promotes unbiblical spiritual formation, again citing Catholic monks rather than Scripture. Bob explains why this is unbiblical and points us to many Scriptures that remind us of the finished work of Christ. All who are born of God are saints. (duration 00:25:12)

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A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 38 - Evangelicals Taken Captive by Roman Catholic Mysticism, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. Roman Catholic monastic mysticism is taking evangelicals captive through the teachings of John Mark Comer and Rod Dreher. Both men promote the teachings of the mystic "Saint" Benedict. We must reject the darkness of monasticism and stand firm in our faith. (duration 00:22:32)

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A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 37 - A Misdiagnosis of Hurry, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. John Mark Comer makes the claim that you must ruthlessly eliminate hurryfrom your life. Rather than warning about hurry, Scripture warns about laziness. Being busy and hardworking is not a sin. (duration 00:23:00)

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A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 36 - Jesus is Unique, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. Comer presents Jesus as a mystical moral role model. The Gospels show us that Jesus is unique. He is the sinless Savior, not a role model for mystics. We reject Comer's claim that solitude is vital to the Christian life. What we need is the means of grace. (duration 00:24:38)

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A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 35 - Defending the Meaning of the Lord's Prayer, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. In this episode we continue to discuss John Mark Comer's misuse of Matthew 5:5-6. Comer claims that we need to learn to hide - to find a secret place - to pray. We show that Jesus was warning about hypocrisy, not prescribing a special location to pray. (duration 00:24:54)

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The Danger of Deserting the Gospel: Galatians 1:6-10, Part 3, presented by Bob DeWaay. Bob explains the concepts of the outer call of the gospel compared to the inner call, God's means of sanctification, and the fact that there is only one gospel. We begin the Christian life by grace through, and that is how God sanctifies us as well. (duration 00:21:26)

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The Danger of Deserting the Gospel: Galatians 1:6-10, Part 2, presented by Bob DeWaay. Bob exposes the dangers of deserting the gospel. He rejects the common phrase "the missionary is the message." Only the true gospel can save. The apostle Paul pronounces condemnation on anyone who proclaims a different gospel, no matter how kind they seem. (duration 00:25:13)

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The Danger of Deserting the Gospel: Galatians 1:6-10, Part 1, presented by Bob DeWaay. Paul considers the Galatians brothers through the gospel but sees the imminent danger of apostasy characterized by the wilderness generation who deserted God for the golden calf. Bob shows the grammatical links to that episode and the irony involved. (duration 00:21:47)

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The Gospel of Grace: Galatians 1:1-5, Part 3, presented by Bob DeWaay. Believers are joined together in a gospel family as brothers and sisters in Christ. We must love fellow believers who have been purchased by the blood of Christ. We are rescued from sin, and the evil of the wicked age we live in through the gospel. (duration 00:26:02)

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