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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?

PP197 The Government We Need

Government

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The times we live in feel particularly challenging for many. We are grieved by a culture that continues its descent down a slippery slope. Tariffs roil the world order. And the threat of armed conflicts in our world seems to be increasing. Is there a government that can step up and fix this? Yes, there is.


Scriptures Referenced:
Ps 2

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PP196 Hospitality: Opening Your Heart

Christian Living, Hospitality

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Hospitality means “love of the stranger.” In all likelihood there are people who show up at your church gathering who feel like strangers because of social, ethnic, or cognitive differences. How can we support families who have a child with special needs? Or go beyond perfunctory nods and smiles to the newcomer from another culture? In this practical episode, Vince is back on the show to teach us how to widen our hearts to the marginalized.

Scriptures Referenced:
2Cor 6:11-13; 1Cor 3:3; Jam 2:1-6; Rom 12:16

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PP195 Hospitality: Opening Your Home

Christian Living, Hospitality, Uncategorized

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Vince Kember joins us again, this time to talk about the practice of showing hospitality. What is hospitality? What does it do, and what does it look like in real life? In a grace-based way, Vince encourages us to start now in showing hospitality.

Scriptures Referenced:
Gal 6:9-10; Eph 4:3, 28; Titus 1; 1Tim 6; Heb 13:16; 1Pet 4:9; 2Cor 6:11-13; Jam 2:1-6

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PP194 Let the Word Work

Bible, Word of God

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There is no book like the Bible. Yet admittedly, sometimes the wonder of hearing the living Word of God proclaimed… doesn’t result in anything too wonderful in our hearts. How can I as a listener help the process, so that I profit more from listening to the Bible being taught?

Scriptures Referenced:
1Thess 2:13

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PP193 Inner Rings & Christian Cliques

Reading Challenge

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In this final episode on C. S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, we tackle the pervasiveness, problem, and cure, of Inner Ring idolatry. Tune in to hear how the pull of the Inner Ring is illustrated in the second Inside Out movie, and to learn how to turn cliques in the church inside out.


Scriptures Referenced:
Luke 10:19-21

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PP192 Table Manners

Christian Living, Reading Challenge

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One of the great things about the Christian faith is how even simple, physical activities – like eating – have spiritual significance and can be done to the glory of God. But our habits at the table sometimes reveal sins that we often overlook. Let’s take a brief, honest assessment and evaluate whether we are allowing the gospel to meet our dinner plates.


Scriptures Referenced:
Prov 23:20; Ezek 16:49-50; 1Cor 6; 1Cor 10:31; Php 3:19; 1Thes 5:23; 1Tim 4:4

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PP191 True Humility Is Self-Forgetfulness

Humility, Reading Challenge

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“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” C. S. Lewis may not have said those exact words (Mike misattributes the quote to him in this episode), but they certainly express what Lewis taught. In this third episode going through The Screwtape Letters, we explore what true humility is, how one goes about getting it, and how to receive a compliment.

Scriptures Referenced:
Php 2:1-11

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PP190 Filthy Little Replicas

Reading Challenge, Trials

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Life is full of ups and downs, and Satan and his emissaries want to seize upon us in our low points to turn us from the pathway of faith. But God is using those same trials to further his good work in us – to make us more like Christ.

Scriptures Referenced:
Rom 8:17-30

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PP189 Nothing-buttery

Doubt, Reading Challenge, Spiritual Warfare

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It’s hard for us to believe in the supernatural because our modern world casts the spell on us of “nothing-buttery.” We’re convinced that ordinary and familiar things are nothing but molecules in motion. Tune in to hear of a powerful counterspell that can free us from this evil enchantment.

Scriptures Referenced: Mk 6:1-6; Ps 19

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February Reading Challenge Schedule 2025

Reading Challenge, Uncategorized

It’s “I love to read” month again, and this year we’re working through C. S. Lewis’s classic work, The Screwtape Letters. The book, consisting of 31 short letters from a retired demon to a novice demon, is designed to be read one letter / day for a month. Here’s a schedule if you want to pace yourself and stay in sync with themes covered in the weekly episodes.

WeekDatesSection to Read
1Feb 1-2Letters 1-2
2Feb 3-9Letters 3-9
3Feb 10-16Letters 10-16
4Feb 17-23Letters 17-23
5Feb 24 – March 2Letters 24-31

CHALLENGE DEADLINE: Email us at info@practicologypodcast.com by midnight March 3, 2025, in order to qualify for the prize.

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