{"product_id":"live-no-lies-isbn-9780525653127","title":"Live No Lies","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • The bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ruthless Elimination of Hurry\u003c\/i\u003e equips readers to recognize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand resist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethe lies that seek to\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003erob them of peace and freedom.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLive No Lies\u003c\/i\u003e is brilliant, deep, scriptural, and will equip you to face the enemy and fight.”—Jennie Allen, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGet Out of Your Head\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are at war. Not with a foreign government or domestic terrorists or a creepy new artificial intelligence hell-bent on taking over the world. No, it’s a war we feel deep inside our own chests: we are at war with lies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe problem isn’t so much that we \u003ci\u003etell\u003c\/i\u003e lies but that we \u003ci\u003elive\u003c\/i\u003e them. We let them into our bodies, and they sabotage our peace. All around us in the culture and deep within our own body memories are lies: deceptive ideas that wreak havoc on our emotional health and spiritual well-being, and deceptive ideas about who God is, who we are, and what the good life truly is.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe choice is not whether to fight or not fight, but whether we win or surrender.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAncient apprentices of Jesus developed a paradigm for this war; they spoke of the three enemies of the soul: the devil, the flesh, and the world. \u003ci\u003eLive No Lies\u003c\/i\u003e taps into this ancient wisdom from saints of the Way and translates the three enemies for the modern era, with all its secularism and sophistication. As a generation, we chuckle at \u003ci\u003ethe devil\u003c\/i\u003e as a premodern myth, we are confused by Scripture’s teaching on \u003ci\u003ethe flesh\u003c\/i\u003e in an age where sensual indulgence is a virtue not a vice, and we have little to no category for the New Testament concept of \u003ci\u003ethe world\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this provocative and practical book, bestselling author John Mark Comer combines cultural analysis with spiritual formation. He identifies the role lies play in our spiritual \u003ci\u003ede\u003c\/i\u003eformation and lays out a strategic plan to overcome them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDo you feel the tug-of-war in your own heart, the inner conflict between truth and lies? The spirit and the flesh? The Way of Jesus and the world? It’s time to start winning. It’s time to live no lies...“This is the book I’ve been waiting for and one of the most important books a follower of Jesus will ever read. It will become a classic.”\u003cb\u003e—Christine Caine, founder of A21 and Propel Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“John Mark Comer is a gift to the church. He writes with adept cultural nuance, theological savvy, and refreshing spiritual depth. In \u003ci\u003eLive No Lies,\u003c\/i\u003e he’s taken on a multilayered, ancient topic and brilliantly rearticulated it for our generation. This is a gem.”\u003cb\u003e—Rich Villodas, lead pastor of New Life Fellowship and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Deeply Formed Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In a time that feels full of contradictions and confusion, John Mark does a masterful job of laying out what is true, what true is, and why it matters deeply that we know the truth. This is the book for our day.”\u003cb\u003e—Annie F. Downs, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThat Sounds Fun\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I devoured every word of this book and found myself deeply stirred and nourished. John Mark speaks to the mind and soul, as he uncovers in his usual thoughtful way the three great enemies to our peace—the world, the flesh, and the devil. You will emerge better after reading these pages.”\u003cb\u003e—Bryan Loritts, author of\u003ci\u003e Insider Outsider\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Every day we are dealing with temptations in multiple forms that draw us away from faithfulness to the Way of Jesus. In this compelling work, John Mark gives a vision of the beauty of Jesus in a culture of lies.”\u003cb\u003e—Jon Tyson, pastor of Church of the City New York and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Intentional Father\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book is a godsend. It exposes our spiritual enemy of untruth—a foe impacting our societies on a global scale. In a world where everyone tries to live their own ‘truth,’ this book reveals and challenges the many lies that have become common, normal, and accepted in our everyday conversations and decisions..”\u003cb\u003e—Albert Tate, lead pastor of Fellowship Church\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Comer has personally helped me on my faith journey and I believe he is one of the greatest teachers of our generation. As you read \u003ci\u003eLive No Lies,\u003c\/i\u003e your heart will be strengthened and your eyes opened to the daily war waged against our personal peace.”\u003cb\u003e—Rich Wilkerson Jr., pastor of VOUS Church\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In a time where deception seems to have settled upon the land like a dense fog, \u003ci\u003eLive No Lies\u003c\/i\u003e offers us a clearing to see how we have been deceived, to learn how we deceive ourselves, and to flee from the one who deceives. An essential guide for discernment in our contested age.”\u003cb\u003e—Mark Sayers, senior leader of Red Church in Melbourne, Australia, and author of a number of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebooks including \u003ci\u003eStrange Days\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReappearing Church\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Mark Comer\u003c\/b\u003e is the founding pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon, a teacher and writer with Practicing the Way, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of multiple books, including \u003ci\u003ePracticing the Way, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLive No Lies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003eThe truth about lies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate in the fourth century AD, a young intellectual named Evagrius Ponticus went into the desert of Egypt to fight the devil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike you do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvagrius had read the story of Jesus going out into the desert to face the devil head on and intended to follow Jesus’s example.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon word got out: there was a monk out in the middle of nowhere at war with the devil. Apparently, rumor said, he was winning. He became a sought-­after spiritual guide. Spiritual seekers would brave the dangers of the elements in an attempt to locate Evagrius and learn his tactics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore Evagrius’s death, a fellow monk named Loukios asked him to write down his strategy to overcome the devil. As a result, Evagrius penned a short book called Talking Back: A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBest subtitle ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecently, I got around to reading it; it blew my mind. In all honesty, I expected a list of Christian-style magic incantations, the incoherent ramblings of a premodern introvert who spent too much time under the North African sun. Instead, I found an erudite mind who was able to articulate mental processes in ways that neuroscientists and leading psychologists are just now catching up to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvagrius generated the most sophisticated demonology in all of ancient Christianity. And the most surprising feature of Evagrius’s paradigm is his claim that the fight against demonic temptation is a fight against what he called logismoi—­a Greek word that can be translated as “thoughts,” “thought patterns,” your “internal narratives,” or “internal belief structures.” They are the content of our thought lives and the mental markers by which we navigate life. For Evagrius, these logismoi weren’t just thoughts; they were thoughts with a malignant will behind them, a dark, animating force of evil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn fact, Evagrius organized his book into eight chapters, each grouped around a basic logismoi. Evagrius’s eight thoughts later became the foundation of the “seven deadly sins” of antiquity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach entry begins with the line “Against the thought that . . .”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe’ll come back to Evagrius at the end of part 1 because I think—­over a millennium and a half later—­after Jesus, he’s still the most brilliant tactician we have in the fight to overcome demonic temptation. (And yes, I believe in demonic temptation. Keep reading . . .)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor now, let’s open with his provocative idea: our fight with the devil is first and foremost a fight to take back control of our minds from their captivity to lies and liberate them with the weapon of truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan this idea be found anywhere in the teachings of Jesus himself?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeading question. The answer: absolutely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Jesus’s most famous teachings is this:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn context, Jesus had just told his followers that “if you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples,” and as a result, “you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pharisees, the religious leaders of the day, immediately responded with antagonism: “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhich is a bit of an ironic statement considering the history of the Hebrew people. Read Exodus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJesus graciously explained that he’s not referring to socioeconomic slavery so much as spiritual slavery, for “everyone who sins is a slave to sin.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat just made the Pharisees even angrier, and they proceeded to make a snide comment about how “we are not illegitimate children.” A not-­so-­subtle dig at Jesus’s parentage. (Except in the original Greek, it’s not as milquetoast; it’s closer to “We’re not bastards like you.”) Full of contempt, they raged, “The only Father we have is God himself.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJesus didn’t let that one slide. As feisty as he was tender, he responded with a fascinating claim about who their “father” actually was:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRight out of the gate, notice three things from Jesus’s teaching about this enigmatic creature he called the devil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet’s start with the obvious: for Jesus, there is a devil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Greek, the word Jesus used is διάβολος (diabolos), which is from a verbal root word meaning “to slander” or “accuse.” It can also be translated “the accuser.” But this is just one of many names for this creature. Scripture also calls him . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•    the satan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•    the evil one\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•    the tempter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•    the destroyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•    the deceiver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•    the great dragon . . . who deceives the whole world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•    the ancient serpent . . . who leads the whole world astray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotice, every example I just listed is a title, not a name. Some biblical scholars argue this is a subtle dig from Jesus, a deliberate snub; his rival doesn’t even get a name. Others read it as a sign of how dangerous he finds this creature—­Jesus’s equivalent of “he who must not be named.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut for Jesus, the devil is not a fictional villain from a Harry Potter novel; he is a real and cunning source of evil and the most influential creature on earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree times Jesus called him “the prince of this world.” The word for “prince” is archōn in Greek, which was a political word in Jesus’s day, used for the highest-­ranking Roman official in a city or region. Jesus was saying that this creature is the most powerful and influential creature in the world. 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