Christian Living

Jul 18 2021

PP024 Ten Reasons to Tackle our August Summer Challenge

Abiding in Christ, Bible, Christian Living, Evangelism, Freedom, Glory of God, Holy Spirit, Memorization, Mind, Overcoming Temptation, Summer Challenge, Victory

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Hear about our first ever August Summer Challenge on the Practicology Podcast: memorizing the beautiful Psalm 103 together in community. On this episode Mike and Matthew join forces to provide 10 reasons why you should take up this challenge and memorize Scripture. Make sure to listen all the way to reason #10!

Scriptures Referenced: Ps 103, 119:11; John 15:4-10; Eph 5:18; Col 3:16; 2 Cor 5:10

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Jul 11 2021

PP023 Discipleship

Christian Living, Discipleship, Evangelism

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A disciple is a learner and a follower. So what does it really mean to be a disciple of the Lord Jesus? Gues host David Williamson (Belfast) joins the podcast to teach us about Christian discipleship focusing on the Lord’s ministry in the Gospel according to Mark..

Scriptures Referenced: Mt 28:18-20; Mk 1:16-20
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Jul 4 2021

PP022 Lifehacker’s Guide to Prayer

Christ, Christian Living, Health & Wealth Gospel, Joy, Prayer, Spirituality

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Psalm 20:4 says “May he grant you your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans!” Could that verse be addressing us? To tell us that God wants to give us all that our heart desires? No, it’s ultimately speaking about the Lord Jesus, which is far better, because the Lord Jesus gets all that his heart desires, and what his heart desires is….YOU! Psalm 20 gives us three life hacks for prayer: (1) a new joy in prayer; (2) a new confidence in prayer; and (3) a new way to pray.

Scriptures Referenced: Ps 20; John 16:23-24; 17:24

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Jun 27 2021

PP021 The Foundation of a Family, Part 2 of 2

Christian Living, Family, Marriage

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In part 2 of David Petterson’s study on marriage as the foundation of family life, we learn more from Genesis 2 about God’s intentions for marriage – and how marriage points to something of even greater signifcance.

Scriptures Referenced: Gen 2:18-25
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Jun 20 2021

PP020 The Foundation of a Family

Christian Living, Family, Marriage

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God is a relational being, and when He first created man, He made him to desire companionship. God provided the man with a woman and designed marriage to be the foundation of family life – and it was very good. But marriage is a relationship that works best in a triangle… with God at the top.

Scriptures Referenced: Gen 2:18-23
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Jun 13 2021

PP019 Extraordinary Worship, or Extra Ordinary?

Body, Christian Living, Food, Gospel, Local Church, Sex, Worship

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At a key transition in his letter to the Romans, the apostle Paul defines true worship as Christians offering their bodies to God as living sacrifices. This shocking call to offer our bodies tells us that our worship is to be both (1) extraordinary (we need to give God our very selves, not just our stuff) and (2) ordinary (even the most mundane parts of our bodily existence are part of our worship). The rest of Paul’s letter spells out what a life of worship lived by the power of the gospel looks like. Even our eating and exercise can be done in worship to God. Paul casts an exciting vision — you don’t want to miss it!

Scriptures Referenced: Rom 5:19; 6:13; 12:1-2, 3-8; 14:4, 18; Rom 12-15

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Jun 6 2021

PP018 The Example of How to Serve Others

Christ, Christian Living, Humility, Love, Service

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One of the most stunning events in the Lord’s earthly ministry was when He laid aside his outer garments, wrapped himself in a towel, and bent down to wash his disciples’ feet. Astounding humility. And he tells us that he did this as an example for us to follow. So what exactly does that look like for us today?

Scriptures Referenced: Joh 13:1-17

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May 30 2021

PP017 So You Want to Be Spiritual?

Christ, Christian Living, Holy Spirit, Local Church, Spirituality

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What does it mean to be spiritual? How can you be more spiritual? It’s important to answer these questions from Scripture and Christian theology. To be spiritual is to be indwelt by Christ’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit. And the Spirit is other-directed and Christ-centered. He works to draw attention not to himself but to Jesus Christ. Being spiritual, therefore, isn’t about keeping up an appearance or reputation or talking all the time about one’s spiritual experiences or achievements. Instead it’s about letting the Spirit turn our attention away from ourselves on to Christ, and to the needs of others.

Scriptures Referenced: John 15:26; 16:13-14; 1 Pet 1:10-12; Rom 8:5-8; 1 Cor 12-14; Acts 11:23; Eph 5:18-21; 1 Cor 2:2

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May 23 2021

PP016 Jesus Wept… And So Do We

Christ, Christian Living, Evangelism, Suffering, Sympathy, Will of God

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Do you ever cry? Sometimes we are ashamed of our tears, but after studying the Scriptures’ references to people crying, we might be ashamed at how few tears we shed. Looking particularly at the occasions in the Lord Jesus’ life when He wept, our hearts both challenged and comforted.

Scriptures Referenced: Luk 19:37-44; Jon 11:33-36; Heb 5:7-8

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May 16 2021

PP015 Getting Excited about the Ascension

Ascension, Christian Living, Heaven, Hope, Humility, Pride, Union with Christ, Victory

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We are deeply moved by Christ’s incarnation (birth) and death on the cross. Most of the time we also remember to glory in his resurrection. Do we forget to be similarly moved by the Lord’s ascension? If so, we’re missing out! The truth is, we all get excited about all kinds of ascension stories from every day life. When we see the ultimate ascension story in light of these other ascension stories, we’ll find ourselves rejoicing in it as well. In this episode, Mike shows us five images from everyday life to help us: the ascension as linchpin, punch line, laser level, rags to riches story, and navigational aid.

Scriptures Referenced: Luk 24:52-53; Jon 6:62; Acts 1:10-11, 2:34-36; Eph 4:8; Heb 6:19-20; Eph 2:6; 2 Cor 8:9; Php 2:6-11; Luk 14:11

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