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Sometimes in the weakness of our minds, we find ourselves weighed down again by guilt for sins from our past. Today’s gospel teaching on the podcast speaks to that exact issue. Mike and Matthew provide some practical counsel on how we can get past that tendency (think PLM!), but first they spend some extensive time looking into the Day of Atonement. The second goat on the Day of Atonement visibly took the people’s sins away – and the goat wasn’t brought back! Atonement is an important subject and helps us to understand what Christ has done for us on the cross, so it is worthwhile taking some time to dig into a truth that is vital to Leviticus and fundamental to our faith. Scriptures Referenced: Leviticus 16 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

“Classes have started, assignments are due, and midterms feel like they are just around the corner already, and there’s not enough time to do it all!!!” True statement – there is not enough time to do it “all.” But God’s ancient book of Leviticus gives us valuable wisom in arranging our life schedules. Marcus Cain rejoins the podcast to help us get ready for another year of school. Scriptures Referenced: Leviticus 23 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

Welcome to Mortification 101, a crash course on how to put the sinful deeds of your body to death by the Holy Spirit. In this mini-course we learn the importance of mortification, the method, and the power. This is the episode your flesh doesn’t want you to hear! Scriptures Referenced: Romans 8:12-17; Galatians 3:3, 6:7-8; Matthew 18:8-9 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

People long for the good life – a life of happiness that is free from diseases and death. Many are placing their hope in technology, but technology can’t solve the problem of indwelling sin, and what they wish technology could provide is something the gospel already offers them. Romans 8:9-11 speaks to the fantasies of transhumanism and cybernetic immortality and Mike and Matthew explain how by 1) Defining the Technological Terms; 2) Discussing True Spirituality; 3) Debunking the Transhumanism Fantasy; 4) Distilling Timeless Hope. Scriptures Referenced: Romans 8:9-11 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

When God designed our redemption, he thought of everything: freedom from Death, Sin, and Law (Romans 5-7), and power to live a brand-new life (Romans 8). As we learned last week, this power comes from the indwelling Holy Spirit. This week we learn how the Spirit empowers us. He does it by giving us a new mindset—the mindset of the Spirit. Scriptures Referenced: Romans 8:5-8; Romans 5-8; Ephesians 4:28 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

The Lord Jesus taught that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are blessed, and will be filled (Mt 5:6). The key to satisfying that hunger and thirst is the indwelling Holy Spirit – He empowers righteous living and produces the sea change that fallen creatures require. In the words of Chuck Swindoll, “trying to live the Christian life without the Spirit of God is as futile as trying to earn righteousness apart from faith.” In this first of four August episodes on Romans 8, Mike & Matthew also discuss how the law relates to our Christian life, an important point of confusion for some believers today. Scriptures Referenced: Matthew 5:20; Romans 8:1-4 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

For this year’s August Summer Challenge, we’re going to be memorizing the first half of the greatest chapter in the greatest letter ever written! Tune in to find out everything you need to know for this year’s memorization challenge in Romans 8:1-17. Click here for a weekly schedule. Scriptures Referenced: Romans 8:1-17 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

Before leaving His disciples, the Lord promised in John 14-16 to give them another Helper, the Holy Spirit. Guest contributor Mitchell Taylor joins us to consider how the Spirit’s helping work involves teaching through instructing and revealing. He does this work by (1) reminding us of truth, (2) guiding us into a fuller understanding of Christ, (3) revealing to the apostles things to come, and (4) glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ. The question is not whether He will teach believers, but whether we are willing to learn and allow Him to display Christ’s excellence through our lives. Scriptures Referenced: John 14:25-26; John 16:13-15 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

The story in Leviticus 10 of two priests being burned alive for offering unauthorized fire to God is our entry point to exploring Leviticus 8-15, and to learning four lessons: (1) you can enliven your reading of ‘boring’ parts of the Bible by looking for the story; (2) God is the one who gets to tell us how to worship him; (3) relationship with God impacts every area of life; (4) obedience to God can be very costly. There is no such thing as convenient Christianity. Also, catch the announcement of this year’s summer memorization challenge at the beginning of the episode! Scriptures Referenced: Lev 10; Lev 8-16; Heb 13:28-29; 1Cor 10:31; Eph 4:31-32; 5:1 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

What should you read this summer? Matthew, Mike, and special guest Brynette Yee, have some ideas for you! There is no book like the Bible but we all learn from the ministry of others, including ministry that comes to us in written form. In our ninth instalment of Cloak, Books, and Parchments (2Tim 4:13), we share brief reviews of seven books for your reading enjoyment: – When God Seems Distant: Surprising Ways God Deepens Our Faith and Draws Us Near by Kyle Strobel and John Coe (Baker Books) – The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs (UpdatedWorks.com) – Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes’ Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness by Bobby Jamieson (Waterbrook) – Leaves from the African Jungle by R.C. Allison (John Ritchie) – My Life Story: Concerning God’s Goodness, Grace & Guidance by Andrew Bergsma, edited by Rhoda Griffin – The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides (Doubleday) – The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman (Picador) Scriptures Referenced: Ps 119:160 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

Sin is no small thing in the eyes of God – nor should it be to us. And not only is God interested in our confession of sins to him, He calls on us to make things right with the people that we have hurt with our sin. Guest host Marcus Cain joins the podcast to help us learn these lessons from our concluding consideration of the five main Levitical offerings. Scriptures Referenced: Lev 4-5 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

Confessing our sins to God is a basic part of the Christian life, but we still need to be taught how to do it. In this episode we explore what confession is, how to do it, and why it’s even necessary. The episode ends with some help for when you confess a sin, but struggle with whether God has forgiven it. Scriptures Referenced: 1John 1:6-2:2; Ps 51 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

Did you know there is a sacrifice in the Old Testament known as the fellowship offering? Tune in to see what Israel’s ancient act of worship teaches us about our acceptance with God, and how it leads to a very practical example of Christian fellowship today. Scriptures Referenced: Lev 3; Php 4:14-18 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

What’s your type? Whether looking for a spouse, or trying to discern who the Lord is raising up for future leadership, the Scriptures urge us to screen for character. Scriptures Referenced: Gen 24, 29; Ex 18:13-27; Prov 31; 1Tim 3:1-7; 2Pet1:3-8 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

Do you wear any fragrance? Many places have adopted scent free policies, but that need not prevent you from bringing in an aroma of Christ. The sometimes overlooked grain offering (or meal offering) of Leviticus 2 provides an abundance of material about the Lord Jesus and helps us to wear the right fragrance. Scriptures Referenced: Lev 2 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.