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Practically Theologians
by Practically Theologians
Some reformed guys talk through theological topics and attempt to bring them into the practical realm.
Episodes
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037 - The Benefits of Church Membership
Andrew and Josh talk about the benefits of church membership. We hope it is helpful!
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036 Why church membership? Jesus Calls His Sheep To Be Members of a Local Church
Andrew is back!!! The podcast is always much more fun with Andrew along, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. We talk in this episode about the necessity of church membership. Does the bible call Christians to be members of a local church, or is that an optional thing? And what is "membership?"...
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035 What is cessationism? Why I am a cessationist.
Another driving episode, sorry for any road noise or such. I am a cessationist, which many people are not today. Thought it would be helpful to explain what that is.
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034 What is Reformed?
A brief description of what "reformed" means as well as a bit of discussion on what covenant theology is. I was driving to work, so had no notes, pardon any rambling or stupidity :-).
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033 Pictures of Jesus - Yea or nay?
Josh discusses pictures of Jesus. According to the 2nd commandment we ought to have no graven images of God. According to other passages, like Deuteronomy 4 we ought not to make any likeness of God. Why do many Christians today have no problem with pictures of Jesus if they believe He is God?...
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032 Nathan Cedarland Interview - Ministry in Mexico
An interview with my brother in law, Nathan Cedarland. He is pastoring down in Puerto Escondido. He and his family moved down there around summer 2020. We talk about what he is doing, and get into some rambling on education and the three spheres of authority (church, state, family). You will hear...
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031 Why I Am a Paedobaptist
Josh talks about why he became a paedobaptist. Apologies for the rambling, hope it is useful!
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030 Truth in a Crazy World
Why is it so hard to know what is true today? Josh talks about seeking God's truth and offers some thoughts on where to start as you try to discern what is true and false in today's crazy world. Sovereign Nations - https://sovereignnations.com/ New Discourses - https://newdiscourses.com/
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029 No Singing and Wear Masks - Says the Governor
Andrew and Josh discuss singing and mask wearing in 2020. This was released very very late, sorry. Hopefully it is an interesting discussion.
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028 Four Levels of Tyranny and How to Respond - Part Three - Mandates and the Christian in the USA
Andrew and Josh discuss the four levels of tyranny described by the Magdeberg Confession of 1550, a summary of which can be found here: https://www.intoyourhandsllc.com/blog/84. We hope you find our discussion helpful as you think through these things with those around you. We don't intend to…
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027 Part Two - Mandates and the Christian in the USA
Andrew and Josh work through what it means to submit to authority especially in light of those in authority doing things that may be overstepping their bounds. We don't quite get to specifics yet, but address more how to think about obedience and submission, where authority comes from, a closer...
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026 Mandates and the Christian in the USA
Mask mandates. Churches not allowed to meet. Businesses shut down. Andrew and Josh discuss authority and what the Christian response to many of the orders coming down from governors should be. What is lawful authority? What about truth? These are difficult issues and we want to make it clear here...
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025 An Interview With Nicki Regarding Exclusive Psalmody
Josh interviews Nicki on Exclusive Psalmody. This may be a view that many Christians today do not know much about, and in fact may even recoil from. We discuss how Nicki came to this position and touch on some of the arguments for it. We also discuss what this looks like in the worship service.…
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024 Family Worship
Family worship. What is it? Why should we do it? How do you do it? We discuss some thoughts we each have on the subject, as well as some of the things we do at home. We hope the discussion benefits you as much as it did us! See the shownotes below for the materials we spoke about. Send us an…
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023 Quick Update During Odd Times
Josh throws together a quick update on what's happening with the lockdown in Washington state, and also talks a bit about definitions. What is a vulnerable person? Who defines what it means to be human? Here is the short post Josh wrote regarding the vulnerable: A short, quickly written...
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022 Homiletics: A Discussion on Lessons Learned Preaching This Year
We discuss some of the lessons we learned while preaching this year. Ranging from trying to utilize illustrations to creating a memorable main idea, it was a fun discussion and we hope you enjoy!
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021 Apologetics Part 2
Today we discuss apologetics. We have broken our talk into two parts, catch episode one on our page! Presuppositional apologetics is our preferred method, and so that is what we cover in this episode. Some of the questions we discuss are: What are apologetics? What is the point? How should we...
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020 Apologetics Part 1
Today we discuss apologetics. We have broken our talk into two parts, catch episode two on our page! Presuppositional apologetics is our preferred method, and so that is what we cover in this episode. Some of the questions we discuss are: What are apologetics? What is the point? How should we...
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019 The Exegetical Idea - We Work Through One
Today we work through Psalm 131 in an attempt to not only explain what an exegetical idea is, per the book Biblical Preaching by Haddon Robinson, but also show you how we work toward one (although imperfectly). This is to hopefully provide you also with another way to help study Scripture, as...
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018 Ruth 2:18-3:5 - Bitterness and Kindness
A message preached by Josh recently from the book of Ruth. In 2:18-3:5 Ruth brings back a bounty of grain to Naomi and they are excited to learn that Boaz, the generous benefactor, is a redeemer for the family. But is Naomi seeing Boaz as simply a solution to her earthly woes, or is she seeing a...
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017 Misused and Abused: Matthew 18:20
Josh and Andrew discuss Matthew 18:20 and how to utilize good interpretive skills. So often we take these verses that we are used to quoting out of context simply because we know the verse so well but forget the context. We hope to show why understanding context is important and why this verse is...
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016 Misused and Abused - Romans 8:28
In the first episode of a special series we will be recording every so often on misused Bible passages, Andrew and Josh discuss Romans 8:28 and how it can be taken out of context either in innocence or by false teachers. We ought to think about the context of passages that we are very familiar...
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015 - An Interview With Seminary Wives
Andrew and Josh sit down with three of the seminary wives and talk to them about seminary life. It was a fun interview. We recorded this toward the end of the year last year and Josh finally got around to publishing it, sorry for the delay! Here is a link to the ranch Margarita mentioned. They…
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014 - Righteousness and Imputation - Responding to a Question
A discussion on righteousness and imputation. How should we understand the imputation of Christ's righteousness to us in light of certain passages that indicate our righteousness is also important?
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013 Biblical Preaching Stages 7-10
We discuss the final 4 stages from the book "Biblical Preaching" by Haddon Robinson. The rest of the podcasts are below: Stages 1-3 Stages 4-6
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012 - Interview with Dr. Andrew Zeller
We were excited to interview Dr. Andrew Zeller today on the podcast. He is the current president of Sangre de Cristo Seminary and was part of the first graduating class of the seminary. We discuss some of his life experience, which includes being a chaplain in the Army and having 13 children with...
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011 - Biblical Preaching Stages 4-6
We discuss stages 4-6 from the book "Biblical Preaching" by Haddon Robinson. Here is the link to the INTRO PODCAST we did on the subject. Also, the podcast with stages 1-3 is HERE. If God so leads, please consider taking advantage of this opportunity to give through the “Spirit Campaign” from...
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010 - Interview With Graduating Senior Matt Sandoval
Today Andrew and Josh interview Matt Sandoval about his seminary experience here at Sangre de Cristo Seminary. He will be graduating here in December, 2018, and he was kind enough to let us pick his brain and hear about his experience here. Hope you enjoy! If God so leads, please consider taking...
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009 - Interview With Students Nicki and Josh
Nicki and Josh are being grilled by Andrew today. We talk about our lives before seminary and some of the factors involved in how we arrived at Sangre De Cristo Seminary in Westcliffe, CO from Washington State and New Jersey. It was a fun time, hope you enjoy! Also: If God so leads, please…
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008 - Biblical Preaching Stages 1-3
We discuss stages 1-3 from the book "Biblical Preaching" by Haddon Robinson. Here is the link to the INTRO PODCAST we did on the subject. If God so leads, please consider taking advantage of this opportunity to give through the “Spirit Campaign” from November 15th through December 31st. When you...
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007 - Introduction to Biblical Preaching
Today we discuss Biblical Preaching by Haddon Robinson. It is a great little book! We give an overview of the book and will get into more details in later episodes. We hope it is helpful to you. And here is a link to our episode where we discuss the first three stages outlined in the book. If God...
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006 - An Interview With Dwight and Lois Zeller - Founders of the Seminary
Andrew and Josh were privileged to interview Dr. Dwight and Lois Zeller who founded the seminary back in 1976. We get to listen in on some of their experiences as well as to some great advice. We hope the interview is encouraging to you! If God so leads, please consider taking advantage of this...
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005 - The Atonement
What is the atonement and why does it matter that we know about it? Today we discuss the atonement. What it is, what it means, and why it matters.
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004 - Basic Hermeneutics
Today we discuss hermeneutics. What are some of the basics to reading the Bible? Also a segment on student life here at Sangre de Cristo Seminary.
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003 - The Essentials of the Christian Faith
We discuss today how we as Christians all have disagreements with other Christians on matters of doctrine, we know that two irreconcilable opinions cannot both be true, yet some differences remain. So how do we handle these differences? We will discuss some ideas for how to categorize them and…
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002 - Knowing Truth, Authority, Interpretation
Continuing from last time, we again turn to a discussion promted from our readings in "Let the Reader Understand." Today we discuss the knowability of truth and touch on some different topics including how we can know we have arrived at truth, authority and interpretation, etc.
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001 - What is truth?
Today we discuss a topic related to the book we are reading in our Hermeneutics class "Let the Reader Understand" by Dan McCartney and Charles Clayton. Tune in as we discuss truth, what is truth and how can we know it?
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