Episode 148: Defining Stress & Success with John Mark Comer

We have been on pins and needles waiting to release this episode to you all! It is one of those episodes we can't stop thinking about...

Author and pastor, John Mark Comer, brings it. He helps us to think deeply about questions like, "What is success?" "What defines failure?" "What do we do when we are overwhelmed with the calling God has on our lives?" "How do we understand our identity in the midst of the culture we live in?"

Pop in those earbuds and go on that walk, do those dishes, make that Thanksgiving meal, but you may find you need to pause and take notes because this brother has some encouraging and exhortative things to say.

//: Highlights:

• “For Paul, Christ did not die so that we do not have to. Christ died to show us how to die.” -John Mark Comer
• “The great tragedy of Western life is [that] it’s a lie. Nobody—even the most successful—nobody just keeps climbing the mountain. At some point, you face suffering, pain, failure, rejection, mistakes, regret, and often we don’t see it in the people we lionize, but that’s branding. It’s not because it’s not there.” -John Mark Comer
• “So in the old metrics, you knew if you were a good person if you were faithful to your spouse and you raised your children well and you worked hard that day. In the new metrics, you know if you’re a good person, so to speak, based on how many Instagram followers you have, how cool you are, how beautiful you are, how successful you are—these are brutal, punishing metrics that produce massive anxiety, fear, and existential angst in people. Which is why I think much of the gospel for Millennials and Gen Z going forward will be a better way to do identity.” -John Mark Comer

//: Do the Next Thing:

• Check out John Mark Comer’s books, especially the latest The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry! 
• Help us out! Review the podcast for us wherever you listen :)