Water From A Deep Well | Struggle E03

About this episode

John Mark Comer and Dr. Gerald Sittser discuss the desert movement in church history and the pursuit of a deeper relationship with God through hardship.

How far will we go to discover God more deeply? In this conversation, John Mark and Dr. Gerald Sittser take us into the desert movement of church history and explore how the desert fathers and mothers embraced hardship in pursuit of a deeper life with God. This podcast and its episodes are paid for by The Circle, our community of monthly givers. Special thanks for this episode goes to: Lori from Cleves, Ohio; Karen from Tulare, California; Thomas from Bow, New Hampshire; Lillian from Sussex, Wisconsin; and Caitlin from Wake Forest, North Carolina. Thank you all so much! If you’d like to pay it forward and contribute toward future resources, you can learn more at practicingtheway.org/give.

People in this episode

Host: John Mark Comer

Guest: Dr. Gerald Sittser

Topics covered

• desert movement
• church history
• spirituality
• hardship
• deeper life with God

Keywords

• desert fathers
• spirituality
• hardship
• church history
• God

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Circle, practicingtheway.org

Places: Cleves, Ohio, Tulare, California, Bow, New Hampshire, Sussex, Wisconsin, Wake Forest, North Carolina

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