Want to be wiser than your enemies and more insightful than your teachers? In this fifth back-to-school episode at Practicology, Mike and Matthew look at a Scripture passage that tells us how. And at the end of the episode, they demonstrate a simple method of daily Bible reading for busy students.

Scriptures Referenced:
Psalm 119:97-100; John 1:1-3; Mark 7:20-23; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Luke 2:41-52
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In Ephesians 2 the Holy Spirit gives us two sets of before and after pictures. The first set is taken in portrait mode; the second is taken in landscape mode. But both highlight the difference God’s grace has made for us in Christ. As we look at these before and after pics together in this episode, may the Holy Spirit fill our hearts with joy, worship, and harmony with one another.

Scriptures Referenced:
Ephesians 2:19-22

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In our generation, more than accumulated things, many people are craving special, personal experiences – like the all access pass. Well that is exactly what the Father gives us, through Christ, by the Spirit. “The highest and fullest achievement of the peacemaking Christ is the trinitarian access of the people of God, as through him and by one Spirit we come boldly to our Father,” (John Stott).

Scriptures Referenced:
Ephesians 2:16-18

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After the Lord Jesus was exalted to Heaven, he created something new and wonderful – the Church. And since Christ has torn down the wall of hostility between Jews & Gentiles, we should not be rebuilding walls based on racial and ethnic differences. Have you searched your own heart for this sin lately?

Scriptures Referenced:
Epehsians 2:11-15

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In Christ we have the best seats in the house to the greatest show in the universe: God’s eternal display of dazzling grace. Ephesians 2:6 teaches us the awesome truth that every believer in Christ is presently seated with him in the heavens. Join us as we try to wrap our minds around this amazing reality, and wrap our hearts in it too.

Scriptures Referenced:
Ephesians 2:6-10

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Have you experienced a miracle? If you are a Christian, you have. And the phenomenal miracle of grace that God has worked in you, He can do for others too. Also, catch Mike & Matthew’s discussion of human depravity and of the three enemies of the Christian and how they are instructively pictured together for us in the Old Testament.

Scriptures Referenced:
Ephesians 2:1-5

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Whether you struggle with a sense of misalignment between your body and your inner self, or know others who do, the Bible is ready to help. It offers us direction when we have lost our way, clarity that cuts through our chaos, and hope when all other hopes have let us down.

Part I: The Bible gives us a map to reality

Part II: The Bible clears up confusion

(1) How many sexes?
(2) How do our inner selves relate to our bodies?
(3) What’s the relationship between male and female?
(4) What’s the relationship between sex and gender?
(5) What relationship does language have to reality?
(6) Where did our sex and gender problems come from?

Part III: The Bible gives us hope

Part IV: Q&A

Some of the books referenced in this episode include
– God and the Transgender Debate: What Does the Bible Actually Say About Gender Identity? by Andrew Walker
– The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory by Abigail Favale
– The Body God Gives: A Biblical Response to Transgender Theory by Robert Smith

Scriptures Referenced:
Genesis 1-3; Matthew 19:1-6

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Some walls need to be torn down in our lives, but some walls need to be built up. There are walls that God wants us to build and rebuild for the spiritual protection of ourselves, our marriages, our families, and our local churches.

Scriptures Referenced: Nehemiah 4

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Announcing our FIFTH August Summer Challenge! Mike and Matthew talk everything you need to know for this year’s memorization challenge in Ephesians 2.

Scriptures Referenced:
Ephesians 2

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Nehemiah had a real passion to do a great work for God – but he couldn’t do it on his own. What can we learn from him about how to share our passion with others and encourage them to share the burden with us in the work of the Lord?

Scriptures Referenced: Nehemiah 2-4

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