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Putting Theology Into Practice

There’s enough disorder in life without disconnecting what you believe from how you live. To make an impact, your faith must be integrated. The Practicology Podcast is bridging the gap between Scripture and every day life because the Bible belongs not only beside the stack of commentaries but also next to the pile of dirty dishes.

We want to help you connect glorious truth about God to the stubborn realities of life — what could be more exciting?

PP175 Feeding the Flame

Love, Marriage, Relationships

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To many people, marriage is just a piece of paper. Who needs a license to love? In this follow-up episode to PP173, we discuss why such thinking is wrong. Wedding vows and the marriage covenant are not obstacles to passionate love, but the fertile ground in which it can survive and thrive. And even if we’ve strayed from God’s design for romantic relationship, there’s still hope, because the ultimate source of enduring love is none other than Jesus Christ.

Scriptures Referenced: Song of Songs 8:5-7

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PP174 GNFY #6 Learning from a Child

Good News For You

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Once we hit our teens, and certainly in our twenties, we like to think we’ve left childhood far behind. But what if there were important lessons from our childhood that we should revisit? What if children can teach us about receiving the grace of the gospel?

Scriptures Referenced: Isaiah 55:8-9; Matthew 18:2-4

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PP173 Finding the Fire

Love, Marriage, Relationships

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The Song of Songs depicts love in marriage as an unquenchable fire. But where can we find such love? Today’s relationship advice often leads to short-lived flames. We need an older wisdom to guide us. We need the ancient wisdom of Scripture. Already married and wanting to keep the fire blazing? Unmarried, but hoping to enjoy such lasting love some day? Our Bible passage gives us four surprising directions where to find the fire.

Scriptures Referenced:
Song 8:5-7

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PP172 Courage for the Classroom

Anxiety, School

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No doubt you’re doing cartwheels and backflips over your excitement to be back in the classroom… or is that just your stomach flip flopping out of anxiety for the changes that this new school year will bring? We don’t know what the future holds, but we do know who holds the future, and as the Lord taught Joshua, so we can take courage from God’s presence and his promises in his word.

Scriptures Referenced:
Joshua 1:5-9

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PP171 Holy Fruit

Summer Challenge

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Can produce from the grocery store really make you holy? Well… no. But Romans 6 does teach us about fruit that leads to holiness. Mike & Matthew wrap up their Romans 6 study by reminding us how much better it is to serve God rather than sin.

Scriptures Referenced:
Rom 6:20-23

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PP170 Ya Gotta Serve Someone

Summer Challenge

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Which is better at making people holy, grace or law? For Paul it’s no contest—grace wins every time. And in Romans 6:15-19, the apostle gives us 4 grace-based reasons to say no to sin and yes to righteousness: (1) you become a slave of the one you obey; (2) there are only two masters (and one of them is evil); (3) your conversion was a powerful rescue operation in your heart; and (4) don’t you want to put in as much energy serving your new master as you did your old one?

Scriptures Referenced:
Rom 6:15-19

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PP169 Count Yourselves Dead

Summer Challenge

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As Christians we are dead to our old master (Sin) and alive to our new master (God). So why do we still show up at our old workplace? It’s not enough for us to understand the truth of Romans 6:1-10; we also need to count on it. Only as we bank on the truth that we are dead with Christ and alive to God will we consistently offer our skills and capacities to the cause of Christ. Holiness is a project for the whole of us—body, soul, and mind. (We apologize for a few moments of poor sound quality in this episode.)

Scriptures Referenced:
Rom 6:10-14

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PP168 An Escape Room Approach to Romans 6

Summer Challenge

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Just like in an escape room, where you sometimes have to collect several keys in order to unlock the final one, Romans 6 requires you to figure out several puzzling clues before it yields its meaning. But when the meaning of Romans 6 does open up to us, it provides us the key to living the Christian life. Join Mike and Matthew in this escape room episode as they try to figure out four keys to understanding Romans 6 before the 60 minute time limit runs…

Scriptures Referenced:
Rom 6:1-10

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PP167 Identifying with Christ

Baptism, Identity, Union with Christ

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A common misunderstanding with the gospel of grace is that people may as well continue to sin once they are saved, since our abundance of sin showcases God’s abundance of grace. Of course this isn’t true, and one reason we know it’s not true is our baptism. But what does baptism have to do with not continuing to sin? And what does baptism really mean? Tune in for a concise explanation of baptism in the first episode of this year’s Romans 6 summer challenge.


Scriptures Referenced:
Rom 6:1-5


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Summer Challenge Schedule

Summer Challenge

As announced on episode 166, this year’s summer challenge is to memorize Romans 6! Here’s a schedule to help you keep pace:

WeekDatesPassage to Memorize
1July 29 – Aug 3Romans 6:1-5
2Aug 4 – 10Romans 6:6-10
3Aug 11 – 17Romans 6:11-14
4Aug 18 – 24Romans 6:15-19
5Aug 25 – 31Romans 6:20-23

CHALLENGE DEADLINE: Email us at info@practicologypodcast.com by midnight September 3, 2024, in order to win this year’s prize.

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