The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: Summary and Quotes

by John Mark Comer

**Summary**

Comer argues that the point of Christianity is to grow in our apprenticeship to Jesus Christ. He goes on to describe several of the foundational spiritual practices of Jesus—Sabbath rest, silence, solitude, simplicity, and slowing. As we learn to follow Jesus in these practices, we can be freed from bondage to the frantic busyness and consumerism of modern society.
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The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - John Mark Comer

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Favorite Quotes

“We read the stories of Jesus—his joy, his resolute peace through uncertainty, his unanxious presence, his relaxed manner and how in the moment he was—and think, I want that life. We hear his open invite to ‘life…to the full’ and think, Sign me up. We hear about his easy yoke and soul-deep rest and think, Gosh, yes, heck yes. I need that. But then we’re not willing to adopt his lifestyle.”

“[Jesus] put on display an unhurried life, where space for God and love for people were the top priorities, and because he said yes to the Father and his kingdom, he constantly said no to countless other invitations.”

“[Jews were] slaves to an empire that had been devouring human beings, one brick, one pyramid, one edifice at a time, for centuries. An empire with an appetite so ravenous that they had to build ‘store cities’ just to store all their extra stuff. An empire driven by lust for more. And Egypt, like every empire since, was an economic system built on the backs of the oppressed. To get to the lavish opulent luxury of a pharaoh, you need cheap labor. You need slaves grinding their bodies into the ground until there’s nothing left but ash and dust…Egypt, my friends, is alive and well.”

“You simply can’t live the freedom way of Jesus and get sucked into the overconsumption that is normal in our society. The two are mutually exclusive. You have to pick.”