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PP193 Inner Rings & Christian Cliques

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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

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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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PP151 Come to Christ Again and Again

Reading Challenge, Rest

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Are you weary of life’s burdens at times? Join Mike & Matthew as they direct us to Christ, to find rest for our souls. And in this episode, not only do we get Mike & Matthew, but J.C. Ryle and Charles Spurgeon as well! (Musical Credits: “Give Me Jesus”, Ken & Nancy Biddington, arr. Jeremy Camp)

Scriptures Referenced: Mat 11:27-30; Mat 23:4

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PP150 The Other Half of Freedom

Freedom, Reading Challenge

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The way our culture prizes freedom gives us a huge opportunity to tell others of the freedom available in Jesus Christ. Unlike modern concepts of freedom, the freedom Jesus offers is not just freedom from, but freedom for. Only in the Lord Jesus can we enjoy both halves of freedom. As John Stott says in this week’s reading, “I have found Jesus Christ to be the key to freedom.”

Scriptures Referenced: Luke 4:18-19; Exo; John 8:31-36; Mark 5:1-20, 8:34

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PP149 Christus Victor

Christ, Reading Challenge

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One of the ways to keep our appreciation of Christ’s death fresh is to learn more about the cross. In this episode we learn that one of the reasons Christ died on the cross was to be our Christus Victor. When we view the story of the Bible from this lens, the incarnation becomes an invasion, Golgotha a battlefield, and the cross becomes the Snake Crusher’s mighty death blow to the head of the serpent. At the cross, Christ not only died for us, but also fought for us. And conquered by dying!

Scriptures Referenced:
Gen 3:15; Acts 10:36-38; Mar 3:27; Col 2:13-15; 1Thess 1:9-10; Col 1:13-14; Rev 20-22

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PP148 One of a Kind

Christ, Reading Challenge, Worship

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Do you know one of the greatest things about being a Christian? It means you are a follower of Christ! And there is no one like the Lord Jesus Christ. Refresh your appreciation of his uniqueness, and how the Christian faith is really all about Christ, in this first installment of our February reading challenge with John Stott’s Why I Am a Christian.


Scriptures Referenced:
Mat 11:28; Php 1:21; John 5:39; Heb 1:1-2

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