Booklet by the Editors at Lighthouse Trails

CRITICAL ALERT: More New Age/New Spirituality mystical monastic teachings entering the Church!

You can also read this booklet on the publisher's New Booklet Release page. The off-site link goes to LighthouseTrails.com.

Booklet excerpt from page 1 of Practicing John Mark Comer's Wayward Way: How His Mystical, Monastic, Catholic Teachings Are Preparing the Church for a False New Age Christ:

Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer was released in 2024, and since then, it has become a New York Times best-seller, ECPA’s book of the year in 2025, and is being used by individuals, churches, and group studies around the world. Unfortunately, the book is filled with Comer’s strange mixture of “Masters of the Way,” who teach various unbiblical aspects of the New Age (e.g., panentheism,* universalism,* mysticism). Interwoven into these teachings is Comer’s distorted view of salvation and even of Jesus Christ Himself.

Subheadings of topics found within Practicing John Mark Comer's Wayward Way.

The following are ten reasons why Comer’s book should not be viewed as a way leading to spiritual truth but rather a way leading to spiritual deception.

• ONE: The “Dust” of John Mark Comer
• TWO: Comer’s Catholic Priests, Jesuits, Monks, and Mystics [17 Roman Catholic priests, Jesuits, monks, and mystics Comer includes in Practicing the Way.]
• THREE: Practicing the Way’s New Age/New Spirituality Figures [22 New Spirituality figures found in Practicing the Way.]
• FOUR: Comer’s Faulty, Unbiblical View of Salvation
• FIVE: Comer’s Monastic Rule of Life
• SIX: Contemplative Prayer: “I look at [God], he looks at me, and we are happy.”
• SEVEN: Comer’s Panentheistic/Universalistic God-“in”-Everything “Masters”
• EIGHT: Setting Up Followers for Spiritual Disillusionment
• NINE: Minimizing God’s Word and Ignoring Deception
• TEN: Replacing Jesus Christ With a False New Age Christ

Note: Numerous people whom John Mark Comer holds in high esteem hold to views of Panentheism: the belief that God is in everyone, and Universalism: the teaching that everyone will be saved.

More excerpts from the Lighthouse Trails booklet:

**The term Spiritual Formation originated mainly from the Catholic Church and entered the evangelical/Protestant church through contemplative pioneers Richard Foster and Dallas Willard. The movement’s leaders list several “spiritual disciplines” as an avenue to spiritual maturity; however, the key component that gives the movement its impetus is the practice of contemplative mystical prayer.

Special Acknowledgment: Lighthouse Trails would like to thank former New Age follower Warren B. Smith for his vital and substantial contribution in the making of this booklet. You may visit his website for more information, including access to many articles, videos, and more at https://www.newagetoamazinggrace.com.

Note: When this booklet quotes from Practicing the Way, it is using the 2024 hardcover edition of that book. When a page number is given in the text of this booklet, it is referring to that edition.

Booklet Details:

Properties: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Printed, bound on high-quality paper

Pages: 18