Rule of Life

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Witness 04: Share the Good News (featuring Shaila Visser)

What becomes possible when we embrace a patient yet courageous approach to sharing the good news of Jesus? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they explore how to sh

Mar 17
1 h 00 min

Witness 03: Partner with the Holy Spirit (featuring Pete Hughes)

What changes when we know that the Holy Spirit is already at work in the lives of those around us who don’t know Jesus? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they disc

Mar 10
1 h 07 min

Witness 02: Practice Hospitality (featuring Drew Hyun)

What if our ordinary homes and tables were brimming with latent potential for gospel encounters? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the role hospitalit

Mar 3
1 h 01 min

Witness 01: Begin With Love (featuring Ger Jones)

How can we move beyond duty and obligation, into a witness motivated by a deep love for the lost? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the core motivatio

Feb 24
1 h 06 min

Service 04: Where Does Service Lead? (featuring a Luminary Roundtable)

What if service in the way of Jesus was meant to lead not first to life change or impact, but to relationship? Join Tyler Staton and Shelbi Shutt as they explore kinship

Oct 28 2025
1 h 07 min

Service 03: How Do I Serve? - Part 02 (Edwin Colon)

How can we cultivate an intentional and interruptible life of service in our everyday rhythms and routines? Join Tyler Staton and Shelbi Shutt as they explore this “Good

Oct 21 2025
52 min

Service 02: How Do I Serve? - Part 01 (featuring Jonathan Tremaine Thomas)

How can service grow beyond projects and campaigns and into a lifestyle? Join Tyler Staton and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the primary environments and relationships whe

Oct 14 2025
1 h 01 min

Service 01: Why Do I Serve? (featuring Gary Haugen)

Love is the hallmark of Jesus’ followers, but what does it look like? Join Tyler Staton and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the topic of love — the core motivation of a life

Oct 7 2025
1 h 08 min

Community 04: What We Avoid in Community (featuring David Kim)

What kind of community do we desperately long for, and yet, what are we often unwilling to do to form it? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they explore five pract

May 27 2025
50 min

Community 03: Overcoming Shame — The Ancient Enemy of Community (featuring Dr. Curt Thompson)

What is the main culprit behind so much disconnection and damage in our relationships? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the universal experience of s

May 20 2025
1 h 01 min

Community 02: Family Systems and Life in Community (featuring Jay and Danielle Pathak)

Is Grandpa really in my bones? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the topic of Family Systems, featuring conversations with everyday people in the West

May 13 2025
54 min

Community 01: Rediscovering Jesus’ Vision for Family (featuring Andy Crouch)

How can we cultivate the deep relationships Jesus invites us toward in an age of isolation, transience, and superficiality? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they

May 6 2025
1 h 05 min

Scripture 04: Reading Scripture as a Spiritual Discipline

John Mark and guests Dr. Tim Mackie, Dr. Brittany Kim, and Hakeem Bradley explore what it means to read Scripture as a spiritual discipline and why, as apprentices of Jes

Feb 25 2025
28 min

Scripture 03: Unlocking the Wisdom of Scripture

John Mark and BibleProject’s Dr. Tim Mackie, Dr. Brittany Kim, and Hakeem Bradley discuss what it means to approach Scripture as “wisdom literature” and “meditation liter

Feb 18 2025
55 min

Scripture 02: Scripture as a Cross-Cultural Experience

BibleProject’s Dr. Tim Mackie, Dr. Brittany Kim, and Hakeem Bradley continue a conversation with John Mark around BibleProject’s seven-part paradigm for understanding Scr

Feb 11 2025
42 min

Scripture 01: Three Problematic Approaches to Scripture

In this first episode of the Scripture season of the Rule of Life podcast, John Mark is joined by BibleProject scholars Dr. Tim Mackie, Dr. Brittany Kim, and Hakeem Bradl

Feb 4 2025
47 min

Generosity 06: Roundtable with John Cortines, Jimmy Mellado, Sara Miller, and Christian Huang

In this second roundtable on Generosity, John Mark is joined by John Cortines, co-author of God and Money; Jimmy Mellado, president of Compassion International; Sara Mill

Oct 29 2024
1 h 06 min

Generosity 05: Roundtable with Patrick Johnson and April Chapman

John Mark leads the first of two roundtable conversations with leaders who have devoted a significant share of their lives to advancing generosity and giving. This episo

Oct 22 2024
57 min

Generosity Testimonial 04: Josh & Abbi

Josh and Abbi learned early on in marriage to live on a meager income – just enough to cover essential needs, and not much else. Today they consider it a gift, because it

Sep 19 2024
16 min

Generosity 04: Be Generous to the Poor

The early church was marked by extravagant generosity to the poor. Followers of Jesus formed socioeconomically diverse communities that cared for each other like family,

Sep 17 2024
46 min

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What listeners say

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I have listened to every episode and find them so encouraging, engaging, challenging and just simply cause me to want to run to Jesus with more freedom. The episode on shame with Dr Curt Thompson makes me want to find those trustworthy people in my life and talk to them vulnerably. We all need to listen to these episodes.

laura4wag · May 2025

Tried to listen to several episodes but there are too many voices/guests interrupting and talking over each other. Because of that It felt chaotic which hindered accessibility. That is a shame as JM’s content is stellar. The cluttered delivery/ excessive voices spoils it. I Would prefer to only hear John Mark. Perhaps he’s trying to share the spotlight but it doesn’t work.

Jed Merrit · Apr 2025

I love listening in to the conversations. I find the diversity of voices never fails to articulate questions I have and wisdom I need to hear. I really appreciate the variety of practical suggestions shared. Someone in the generosity conversation mentioned carrying gift cards for restaurants to give away to people on the streets. I’ve always wanted to do something but was kind of stuck. This idea has helped me get ‘unstuck’. Thanks!

DaisiesMakeMeSmile · Mar 2025

I love the word of Practicing the Way so much, and I keep telling friends about it! I love the videos, the book, the podcast. Thank you all for the work you’re doing! This is much needed. One note…The female host in the episodes about fasting…she is so warm and kind, but her constant “yeah”s and “mmm”s are extremely distracting and I almost can’t listen to it. So maybe just let her know that while in a conversation, that can make a person feel supported and listened to, on a recording it’s hard for the listener. :)

ShanaRen · Oct 2024

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