Reading Challenge – Practicology Podcast

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Maybe for you, becoming a better reader looks like reading more books, and with greater joy and understanding. For others it might mean becoming a more humble, Christlike reader—one who wears his or her learning lightly. There’s something here for everyone as Mike and Matthew share these eight tips from their own life as readers:

read with a pen
bundle with joy
read with others
slay your perfectionism
read multiple books at once
give a book only the level of attention it deserves
be fussy about what books you choose
read humbly

Scriptures Referenced: 1 Corinthians 8:1-3
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Mar 1 2026

PP233 Do We Need the Bible?

Bible, Reading Challenge, Scripture

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According to Kevin DeYoung’s helpful acronym, the Bible is SCAN: Sufficient, Clear, Authoritative. And in this episode we cover the ‘N’: Necessary. The only way we can have intimate relationship with God is if he speaks to us with words. And the fact that God has put his words into writing makes our relationship with him more—not less—dynamic and secure. When we read the words of the Bible, God works again through his words.

Scriptures Referenced:
Rom 1:19-20; Ps 19; Dt 8:3; Mat 4:4; Rom 10:13-17; John 17:3; 20:30-31; 1John 5:13;

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Feb 22 2026

PP232 Clear as Crystal

Reading Challenge, Scripture

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Is the Eternal, Almighty God capable of communicating his mind to his creatures? This is one of the things at stake when we consider the doctrine of the clarity of Scripture. Mike & Matthew give us a few reasons to embrace it and why it is crucial to hold to it if we profess to have any message of hope for the world. They also provide a few principles to bear in mind when we disagree on the interpretation of a passage of Scripture.

Scriptures Referenced: Eph 3:3-4; 2Tim 3:14-15

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Feb 8 2026

PP230 Why I Believe the Bible

Reading Challenge, Scripture

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The Bible claims to be the authoritative Word of God. But how can we know that? If you believe the Bible, why exactly do you believe that? Tune in to hear how Mike and Matthew know the Bible is true and why that matters for us today.

Scriptures Referenced:
2Tim 3:16; 2Pet 1:19-21

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Feb 2 2026

2026 February Reading Challenge Schedule

Reading Challenge, Uncategorized

It’s “I love to read” month again, and this year we’re working through Kevin DeYoung’s Taking God at His Word. Here’s a schedule if you want to pace yourself and stay in sync with themes covered in the weekly episodes.

Week	Dates	Chapters to Read
1	Feb 1 – 7	1 – 2
2	Feb 8 – 14	3 – 4
3	Feb 15 – 21	5 – 6
4	Feb 22 – 28	7 – 8

CHALLENGE DEADLINE: Email us at info@practicologypodcast.com by midnight March 4, 2026, to enter your name for the draw.

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Mar 2 2025

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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Feb 23 2025

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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Feb 16 2025

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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