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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?

PP108 Heaven Is No Let Down

Heaven, Reading Challenge

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We might not want to admit it, but some of us worry that heaven will be a let down. The final chapter of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress can help chase such doubts away and replace them with strong hunger pangs for heaven. Tune in to set your mind on the welcome and wonders of heaven.


Scriptures Referenced: Rev 21:4; 2Pet 1:11; 1Cor13:12


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PP107 I Have a Key Called Promise!

Depression, Doubt, Reading Challenge, Trials

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Struggles with depression, doubt, and despair are a somber reality for many of God’s people. If that is your experience, you aren’t alone in walking that dark path. Many noble Christians have had to endure these trials – including the character, Christian, in Pilgrim’s Progress. Is there deliverance from Giant Despair and Doubting Castle? And where can we find hope to carry on in the darkness?


Scriptures Referenced: Psa 88; John 10:28-29; 2Cor 1:20; Titus 1:2; Heb 12:22-24; 1Jn 2:25; Rev 21:3-5


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PP106 How to Compare Ourselves in a Way that Serves Joy, not Steals It

Joy, Reading Challenge

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“Comparison is the thief of joy.” That famous quote is true, isn’t it?! And yet we still go on comparing ourselves to others in every sphere of life, even in the church. So through his characters Christian and Faithful, John Bunyan shows us how we can learn to compare ourselves with other believers in a way that serves our joy instead of stealing it.

Scriptures Referenced: Joh 21; Eph 4:4-7; 1 Cor 3:21-23; 12:4-7; Psa 139:16


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PP105 The Most Beautiful Place on Earth

Local Church, Reading Challenge

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The life of a Christian pilgrim is not easy, and it would be much harder if we didn’t have other believers to support us. This is what a local church is for. In Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan illustrates a high view of the local church, and teaches us some needed, insightful lessons about how our church fellowship can be a more Christ-exalting experience.


Scriptures Referenced: Psa 26:8; Prov 18:1; Mat 16:19; Ac 20:28-31; Rom 15:4; Eph 4:29; Eph 5:4; Jam 4:11-12


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PP104 The Interpretation Station

Reading Challenge

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Long before Adventures in Odyssey invented the Imagination Station, John Bunyan conceived the Interpretation Station. There the Interpreter teaches us many lessons to help us on our heavenly pilgrimage. Who should we choose as spiritual guides in life? How do we overcome sin, live with an eternal perspective, and persevere through attacks on our faith? The Interpreter (who represents the Holy Spirit) can help us with all this and more.


Scriptures Referenced: Rom 7:5-6, 16:17-18; Acts 15:9; Luk 22:31-32; Joh 6:37-40


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February John Bunyan Reading Challenge

Reading Challenge

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Attention: the 2023 Practicology Reading Challenge begins now! This February join us in reading John Bunyan’s classic adventure tale, “The Pilgrim’s Progress.” Tune in to hear more or less everything you need to know to join in. There will be a prize draw for those who finish the challenge. See the Practicology website for a reading schedule!

PP103 4 Truths to Make You Sing Again

Christian Living, God's Love, God's Promises

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What would it take to make you sing again? If you could hear what God calls you, that would do it. If you could know how God feels about you, that would do it. If you could see how he clothes you, that would do it. And if you could see what he’s promised you, that would do it too!


Scriptures Referenced: Ps 149; Mar 1:11; Luk 15; 1Joh 2:25


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February Reading Challenge Schedule

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This year during “I Love to Read Month,” we will be working through John Bunyan’s famous book The Pilgrim’s Progress. Here’s a schedule if you want to pace yourself and be in sync with themes covered in the weekly episodes!

WeekDatesSection to Read*
1Jan 29 – Feb 4From City of Destruction to the House of the Interpreter
2Feb 5 – 11From the cross to the Valley of the Shadow of Death
3Feb 12 – 18From meeting Faithful to Vanity Fair
4Feb 19 –25From By-ends to the Delectable Mountains
5Feb 26 – Mar 4From Ignorance to the Celestial City
Reading Schedule for Pilgrim’s Progress

*NOTE: Different editions break up Pilgrim’s Progress into different chapter divisions and headings. So we are outlining the schedule descriptively.

CHALLENGE DEADLINE: Email us at info@practicologypodcast.com by midnight March 5, 2023, in order to qualify for the prize draw.

PP102 GNFY #1, How could he die for me?

Good News For You, Gospel

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The gospel is Good News For You – which is why we are calling this new series that explains the gospel “GNFY”. In this first episode of the series, we think about the Christian teaching of substitution – how does it work that the ancient historical death of Jesus of Nazareth impacts us today? How could his death atone for my sins?

Scriptures Referenced: 1Cor 15:3-4; Titus 2:13-14; 1Pet 2:22-24; 1John 2:1-2

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PP101 Of Course You Feel This Way!

Christian Living, Depression, Joy

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For many of us, our joy can take a hit in January and February. Often we assume that negative emotions are a sign that we have done something wrong in our relationship with God. But what if the opposite was true? What if we could learn to hear a different message from our emotional struggles, a message that (strangely enough) would bring us comfort? For Christians, our negative emotions can actually serve as affirmations of the legitimacy of our faith.


Scriptures Referenced: Ps 139:11-12; Gal 5:17; Rom 7:23; Eph 6:12; Rom 8:23


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