Therefore (Romans 12:1a) | #PracticeTheWay ep. 201

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it…

#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources consulted or quoted for today:

Kenneth Boa, Conformed to His Image: Biblical, Practical Approaches to Spiritual Formation, Revised Edition. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020), 2–3.

Todd W. Hall and Curt Thompson, The Connected Life: The Art and Science of Relational Spirituality (Westmont, IL: IVP, 2022), 1–2.

Steven L. Porter, “Biblical Spirituality and Contemplative Spirituality,” in Embracing Contemplation: Reclaiming a Christian Spiritual Practice, ed. John H. Coe and Kyle C. Strobel (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic: An Imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2019), 140.

Kevin J. Vanhoozer et al., eds., Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (London; Grand Rapids, MI: SPCK; Baker Academic, 2005), 766.

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About the #ForTheHope Podcast

#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple,  Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #PracticeTheWay segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.

About Roger Courville, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.

Cake (Psalm 50) | #PracticeTheWay archives

From the archives; original air date: October 24, 2021.

This is much longer than the typical reflection, but I love how Psalm 50 speaks to our hearts in the context of the practice of prayer.

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Have you ever had a time when you wished God would just clearly answer your prayer?

#ForTheHope’s go-to Bible translation:

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Other sources and references used today:

D. A. Carson, ed., NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2018), 935.

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020).

Kevin R. Warstler, “Psalms,” in CSB Study Bible: Notes, ed. Edwin A. Blum and Trevin Wax (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2017), 863.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, vol. 1 (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997), 363.

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About the #ForTheHope Podcast

#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple,  Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #PracticeTheWay segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.

About Roger Courville, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.

#PracticeTheWay Introduction

Like the #AlwaysBeReady segments, the content for #PracticeTheWay used to be incorporated into the primary daily podcast.

Further, they haven’t had their own home on the website for individual episodes — they’ve always been just part of what you get when you subscribe via your favorite podcast app (e.g., Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart or…).

Slowly, that’s changing.

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Keywords:

#spiritualformation #spiritualtransformation #relationalspirituality #practicingthewayofjesus

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About the Podcast(s)

#ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

About Roger Courville, MA, CSP

Roger Courville, CSP is an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. He holds a Master’s in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and is now working on his Doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Denver Seminary. And…all that blah blah blah means nothing if he doesn’t help you fall more in love with Jesus and the people in Jesus’ world. If we do not have sacrificial love (1 Co 13, Ro 12), we’ve got nothing.

Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.