The Building of God, Part 1: Ephesians 2:21-22, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. This show is based on a sermon Bob DeWaay preached from Ephesians 2:21, 22. The key issue is to biblically define the church. Many common assumptions about the church are taken from church history and not grounded in the biblical definition of the church. (duration 00:33:35)

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The Blood Atonement, Part 2, presented by Bob DeWaay and Dick Kuffel. Here we address more important issues that have to do with God's plan of salvation through the blood of Jesus. Here we deal with justification of believers through the imputation of Christ's righteousness that produces right standing before God. (duration 00:27:20)

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The Blood Atonement, Part 1, presented by Bob DeWaay and Dick Kuffel. In this program, we address the fact that the blood atonement is God's provision for the salvation of sinners. It is crucial that the substitutionary atonement that God provides be preached in churches. (duration 00:24:18)

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A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 34 - Understanding the Secret Place in Matthew 6, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. Comer uses the "secret place" from Matthew 6 to claim that environment matters in prayer. That passage shows that its motive that matters. Praying in secret was to avoid praying with mixed motives, not to earn favor or experience the presence of God. (duration 00:23:46)

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A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 33 - Faith is Not Awareness of Presence, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. We compare the spirit "Jesus" of John Mark Comer's book with what we find in 1John. We must test the spirits using objective truth from Scripture, not from mystical impressions. Faith is not awareness of presence; it's grounded in authoritative truth. (duration 00:22:33)

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A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 32 - Defining Christ in Us, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. Comer claims that Christians today need to recapture the mysticism of the past or we will not exist at all, using Colossians 1:27 to support this claim. We show that "Christ in us" happens through the Holy Spirit at conversion and not through mysticism. (duration 00:23:24)

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A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 31 - The Problem with False Spiritual Intimacy, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. In this episode we evaluate Comer's claim that God's "burning desire is to know and be known by you." What follows is romantic mysticism through contemplative prayer. We encourage listeners to reject mysticism and stand firm in the means of grace. (duration 00:24:11)

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A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 30 - Comer's Spiritual Formation Fails the Test, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. We show that Comer uses logical fallacies to make spiritual formation sound pious. We discuss discerning of spirits as found in 1John. This is not spiritual impressions; it's examining teaching according to Scripture. Comer's claims fail the test. (duration 00:23:28)

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A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 29 - Sober Truth or Awareness of Presence?, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. We compare the way Paul taught Jesus using logical categories with Comer's "awareness of presence." Paul told Fetus he spoke "words of sober truth" in Acts 16:25; Comer teaches using confused, deceptive categories that must be rejected. (duration 00:31:42)

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A Critique of Practicing the Way, Part 28 - Conversion, not Contemplation, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. We examine Comer's claim that we can be transformed through contemplation. Comer misuses key verses in Ephesians to do this. We must believe what God has chosen to reveal in Scripture and reject mystical contemplation through which we supposedly see God. (duration 00:25:27)

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