Praxologie
What does it mean to join God in his mission today? Join Sean Smith and Tyler Patty as they explore topics related to ministry, leadership, spiritual formation, and Christian mission. This podcast seeks to help you think biblically, reflect theologically, and act missionally.
Produced as a collaboration between Josiah Venture and ForMission college, this podcast gives listeners a taste of ForMission College’s European Leadership Pathway. Learn more about our European Hub and studying for a BA (hons) in Theology, Mission and Ministry from wherever you are already serving in Central and Eastern Europe at formission.org.uk and josiahventure.com/formission.
Hosted by Sean Smith and Tyler Patty. Produced by Lara Patty and Kilian Spieß. Music by Šimon Termer.
Episodes
66 episodes
Reading the Whole Bible - S4E9
In this episode we talk about reading the Bible once again. Specifically, we will walk through more of the idea of biblical theology and use most of the time to walk through an example of using biblical theology to connect one passage to the re...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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26:20
What is a Biblical Reading of the Bible? - S4E8
Metaverses, Big Storys, exploring themes of the Bible. In this episode, Sean and Kilian explore how we can read the Bible in light of biblical theology. Sign up
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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1:07:42
Word Formed Practices - S4E7
This episode, we introduce three bible reading practices:1. Embodied readings 2. In depth study 3. Devotional spiritual readings.We have a listener QA coming up….give us your questions now related to the Bible and formation! @form...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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40:45
Bible reading throughout time - S4E6
In this episode we talk all things the Bible…how we have read it in the past, different ways to read it and some historical views.Books we talked about:Vanhoozer: Mere Christian Hermeneutics: Transfiguring What It Means to Re...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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57:21
Sacred Rhythms & Atomic Habits - S4E5
It's 2025 and we're back! We broke down and explored Landen's talk on rhythms and habits and how this can transform our spiritual life. JV Stories Podcas...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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34:04
My Strange and Sacred Bible - S4E4
Tyler's session "My Strange and Sacred Bible" at the Word-Formed Conference was about being honest in our approach to God in His Word. In this episode, je walks us through the intention of this session.
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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46:08
S4 E3: Encountering God in the Word–Meet and Listen
This week, Landen Llamas shares his thoughts on different ways of engaging with God, based on his talk at Josiah Venture's Fall Conference. We apologise for the quality of the audio. Unfortunately, there was an error in post-production...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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41:28
S4E2: Approaching the Bible
How can we be aware of what is going on around us and in the Bible? This episode is discusses selective attention in the realm of the Bible.
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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34:31
S4E1: WORD FORMED
Do you get distracted? Are you sometimes just not motivated? Are the people in your ministry more interested in their phone than in their Bible? If you have ever asked these questions to yourself, then this season is for you. This season is cal...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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41:33
S3E20: Listener Q&A
This last episode of season 3 is all about your questions about Serving Missionally: Your Knowledge Toolkit for Success.We would like to improve the quality of PRAXOLOGIE and invite you to give us your feedback this 5 min survey: https://fo...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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40:39
S3E19: Coaching in Discipleship
This episode, we invited missionary and coach Ben Robertson (@ben_the_coach) to reflect with us on the role of coaching in discipleship.We would like to improve the quality of PRAXOLOGIE and invite you to give us your feedback this 5 min su...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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51:08
S3E18: Missional Obedience
Picking up the speech acts theme from last episode, Sean and Tyler explore how that leads us into obedience in our ministries.
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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41:27
S3E17: Missional Speech Acts
Words are spoken and sometimes only thought. Words shape reality. In this episode, Sean and Tyler discuss the usage of words and how they define our ministry.
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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39:01
S3E16: Mission VS Service
In the newest episode of PRAXOLOGIE, Sean and Tyler talk about the idea of intent versus impact and use it to form an evaluative tool for ourselves in ministry.
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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36:35
S3E15: Mental Health - Yours and Theirs
In the newest episode of PRAXOLOGIE Sean and Tyler discuss rhythms of work and rest and how both fuel into the way we lead others healthily.
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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51:42
S3 E14: Emotional Leadership
This episode of PRAXOLOGIE focusses on the role of emotions in ministry and mission and how to handle them.
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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45:54
S3E13: Leading Anxious Generations (Pt 2)
This is the second episode of Your Knowledge Toolkit for Success: Leading Anxious Generations.
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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56:58
S3E12: Leading Anxious Generations (Pt 1)
Welcome to the Praxologie podcast where theology fuels the mission of the church. We hope our recent Q&A was just delightful for you and we hope it was exhilarating to your mind to help you think biblically, reflect theologically, and act m...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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46:58
S3E11: Listener Q&A
Tyler and Landen answer some of the questions about the first 10 episodes of this season.
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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45:28
S3E10: Prophetic Leadership
Often prophetic or spontaneous leadership and structured or planning leadership do not go well together. Why is that and what are ways they actually could be combined in ministry? In this episode, Sean and ForMission College graduate and Praxol...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:03:25
S3E9: Leading Young
What impact could the younger generation have on the life of your church and how can you help them lead? In this episode, Sean invites Dora Klauz, Research Assistant for the Josiah Venture Research Institute, to discuss how to lead young people...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:03:39
S3E8: New Year - New Goals
What are your New Year's resolutions? Are they helpful and how did Paul make goals for his ministry? Instead of setting a new resolution this year, we wonder about challenging our own assumptions about authority and power and reflecting on how ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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42:27
S3E7: Jesus and the Authority of Glory
In the Christmas episode of PRAXOLOGIE, Sean and Tyler examine all of Luke chapter 2 looking for the relationship of authority and power related to Jesus. Then after a festive lightning round they will get practical and see what we can learn fr...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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34:41