Doc’s Latest Book: Your Travel Guide To The New Testament

Posted on January 3, 2026 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

(Understanding the Story Lines In Each Book)


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Dr. Smith has crafted a masterpiece that brings the New Testament to life. A must-read for anyone seeking to unlock the Word of God. A true game-changer for Bible study, providing a clear and engaging guide to the New Testament. ~ Mike Jimenez, MDiv.

How I wish I had this in my hands during my seminary days. Well written and theologically sound. This book is not only for pastors and seminary students but to all who are a serious student of the Word of God. 

It is clear, concise and easy to understand truth with practical application for everyday life. I’m very honored to be asked by my good friend Dr. Matthew Lee Smith in endorsing his work of love.

Pick a copy and be blessed and encouraged!

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Read The Bible With Doc and Kate in ’26!

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Hi there, 

Kate and I would like to ask you to consider reading the BIble cover-to-cover with us in ’26. One of the key biblical promises tied to internalizing God’s Word is: protection from sin!

• Psalm 119 says, “I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you” (Psalm 119:11), showing that hiding Scripture inside guards behavior and desires.

• Jesus models this in the wilderness, repeatedly answering temptation with “It is written,” using memorized Scripture as His primary defense (Matthew 4:1–11).

’26 is a year of GREATER THINGS! Being protected from what the Devil throws at us is critical to enjoying more fro God! 

Letting “the word of Christ dwell in you richly” fills the heart with truth, shaping character, worship, and relationships (Colossians 3:16).

Here’s a link to the reading schedule and the Fresh Eyes helps, if you missed picking up a packet on Sunday. https://www.eaglesinleadership.org/resources/

• How to Read the Bible With Fresh Eyes!

• Whole Year Reading Schedule

The one who delights in and meditates on God’s law “day and night” is promised to be like a tree planted by streams of water—stable, fruitful, and enduring in all seasons (Psalm 1:2–3).

And please, let us know if you are joining us. We will pray with you for the GREATER things promised in the Word of God to fall upon you in ’26!

Doc and Kate

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Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

We thank God for sending His Son, Jesus, while we were still sinners!

May your celebration of His birth remind you of His model of servanthood as you Encourage Achievement in Godly Leaders by Emphasizing Servanthood.

Just wait until we see what God does with us all in 2026!

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Disciples have been granted to know, and recognize the mysteries of the kingdom of God!

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Discernment. One of the trademarks of a disciple of Jesus is their ability to understand mysteries and secrets inside the kingdom of God. Often times they can do or understand or know things that the normal Church Person is totally oblivious to. The cause of this is very simple. The one with discernment is a disciple in fact. They possess the Holy Spirit within. And therefore, they have inside information. The other is simply religious. They do not have supernatural abilities, or information. They are doing it all on their own.

What is hard to comprehend for some is this supernatural dynamic that resides inside the heart and soul of the true child of God. From the moment of surrender, and for that minute when the individual releases control of their lives to Jesus as the boss of their lives, a transformation begins that continues until the day they step on Heaven’s shore.

That transformation is all about the interplay between the Spirit of God and the soul of the child of God. Almost like having a GPS/phone embedded in the heart and mind of the child of God there is a constant movement or direction given and an explanation or a inclination of the situation at hand from God to His Child.

When allowed to play out in the course of a day or a situation, the religious see it as Hocus Pocus and the righteous understand it as standard operating procedure. The gulf between the two peoples is, in fact, a chasm that is uncrossable. Such is the life of the child of God as the Spirit of God guides and directs him or her to the plan of God, often using the Word of God to accomplish the will in the whim of God. But then, you already understand this, don’t you?

As you review these thoughts, what has been your experience in these matters?

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Join Doc and Kate As We Follow The Biblical Life of Jesus In Israel ’26!

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Imagine Walking Where Jesus Walked!

Join us in Israel, departing LAX on November 30, 2025 for 10 days filled with the sights and sounds, the places and peoples of Israel!

We will be at the Mediterranean Sea, Caesar by the Sea, the Galilee, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and the Wilderness trekking and tracking the Life of Jesus and more on this specially made itinerary.

In Galilee we will visit Nazareth, Zippori, Cana, Tiberius, Magdala, The Feeding of the 5,000, The Gates of Hell, Capernaum, and ride on the Sea of Galilee. We visit the cursed city of Corozim, Kursi, Yardinet (Jordan River), Beit She’an on our way to Jericho!

Bethlehem (The Birthplace of Jesus) for a whole day. Shepherd’s Field, the Cave Jesus was born in, and the Herodium! We will have lunch with local Christians and then have a Meet and Greet with the Mayor of Bethlehem! (And a possibility of being there for the lighting of the Bethlehem Christmas Tree!

With two days in Jerusalem we will focus on the last week of Jesus’ Earthly life through His resurrection. We will see a model of Jerusalem to get our bearings, then, off to the Mount of Olives so we can take time in the Prayer Garden of Gethsemane. We will tour the Old City of David and the Pool of Siloam, Jewish Quarter (Menorah Square) and end our day at the Western Wall seeing the Western Wall Master Course Stones, the Western Wall Tunnel, and having time for Prayer At Western Wall.

Lord willing, we will tour Temple Mount and the Upper Room. We will visit Pilate’s Palace, before touring Caiaphas’ house (Peter Galicanto). Then on to the most solemn place on Earth, Golgotha. We end our day at the Compound of Joseph of Arimathea and the Garden Tomb located therein.

Then our last day we will Masada, Ein Gedi, Qumran and finally a Float in Dead Sea.

We invite you to join us for this incredible trip!

You can get more details and register for the trip at: Smith-90347

If you have questions, just leave a comment below!

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Disciples freely accept financial support from their disciples!

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Money. It’s amazing what happens when you begin to talk about it in the fellowship. When pastors bring it up, people within the congregation begin to talk about the fact that he’s always after their finances for himself. When you talk amongst the disciples, you can sense a lack of willingness to get involved in the conversation, often because of the miserly nature or the miss spent finances they are trying to cover up.

Yet the reality is simple, practically everything in life requires finances. The church does not receive some special dispensation from the gas company or the electric company so as do not have to pay their bills because they happen to be a ministry of Jesus. The cost of the ministry is to be absorbed by the disciples who benefit from the ministry.

You can even see this in Jesus’ mission on Earth. When we read through His list of donors here, we notice their hearts were soft, and their hearts were female. Every one of us involved in some aspect of full-time Christian service will tell you that the biggest number of or the most hearts that give to the ministry come from the ladies. Jesus ministry was no different.

So this week accept the sacrifice where it comes from. Know that you will give an account for how you spent it. And that account goes to the King of kings and Lord of lords. But do so with graciousness as you accept it, knowing that it was probably given out of great sacrifice and great appreciation.

What are your thoughts on this sensitive matter?

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Disciples call people to repent or perish!

Posted on November 28, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Everywhere we go, religious people, Church People, seem to think that they are better than other people. It was true in Bible days. The Pharisees really thought they were better than everybody else yet were so judgmental and critical of anyone, even when that person was praying. You remember Jesus telling that story.

But the reality is that everyone, no matter how sanctimonious they may sound or pretend to be, everyone must change their mind and their lifestyle and abhor sin in any form in their lives. If not, they too, will perish just as the overtly sinful do. This is the great conundrum. People seem to not be able to acknowledge or even see their own flaws, their failures, their foolishness. Yet someone else from a distance makes the slightest mistake and they are quick to pounce, condemning that person, even though they don’t know them.

As a disciple of Jesus, I’m calling you to a higher life, which is actually a lower life: A life of humility. We are mindful that apart from Jesus Christ we can do nothing. We also know that without his forgiveness of our sins we would have no hope at all. And for those of you who are a little too self-righteous, remember Jesus forgave your sin, but you still need your sin forgiven when you make new ones. That’s why 1 John 1.9 is still in the Bible.

Today, take some inventory of yourself. And ask yourself, “Am I perfect? “When you come to the right answer, fall on your knees afresh and ask Jesus to cleanse you from all that is wrong in your life. That’s the mark of a true disciple of King Jesus.

What has been your experience?

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Happy Thanksgiving 2025 to All!

Posted on November 27, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Kate and I and the whole EIL Team are so thankful to God for all He has done in the past year and all we anticipate Him doing in the coming year!

Stay tuned for announcements about:

  • Doc’s newest book: Your Travel Guide to the New Testament!
  • Doc’s first partnership book with two other authors: My Business, God’s Wisdom!
  • Uganda ’26 (Planned for August)
  • Israel ’26 (Planned for the 1st Week of December)
  • And so much more …

2026 is shaping up to be a year of discipleship, reproduction and obstacle destruction!

Thank you for being a part of this Glocal Movement!

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Disciples judge what is right on their own initiative so as to prevent their own serious consequences and/or loss!

Posted on November 26, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

So many have misinterpreted the Matthew 7 passage about, “Do not judge lest you be judged.” But a careful understanding of that passage and context makes one realize that Jesus is saying that the judgments we use are supposed to be very carefully made. As in the above teaching, you can see that Jesus expects us to make judgments. In fact, the New Testament is filled with statements and commands about His disciples making judgments.

The shallow and immature have even made this wrong interpretation a rallying cry like a three-year-old! “Don’t judge me!” It is there infantile method of having a lifestyle that is nauseating even to King Jesus. It is essential to make hundreds of judgments every single day and Jesus’ point in this teaching is very clear: In order to avoid great personal loss or consequences that could hamper us for the rest of our lives, we must constantly be making “mid-course corrections,” as the airplane pilots call it.

Foolish people move forward without making those changes based on judgments that come from knowledge and understanding and wisdom. Solomon tells us that repeatedly in the book of Proverbs. Today, I’m encouraging you to pause more often, think more critically of yourself and the situation you are in, and choose wisely, so that you do not suffer great loss as our King has worn us here.

Do you have a testimony about this? Would you be willing to share it?

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Disciples are to intelligently interpret this present time better than they determine the weather

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Weather. If we listen very long to meteorologists, we often find out that they are not The Weatherman! They will predict something and then, it seems like, God just says, “I don’t think so!” and changes what happens.

However, many of us have learned that predicting the weather and understanding the times can be equally difficult. Yet those of us who are in the word on a daily basis find we have an advantage over those who are merely religious, are Church People, or are pagans.

And that advantage is very simple: We have the word of God, energized by the Spirit of God to determine the will of God in the timing of God. This advantage, this ability to listen to the Spirit and to know the mind of God on a matter, is absolutely required if we are to navigate these difficult days.

Are you in the Word of God on a daily basis? If not, go to a resources page and download the resource, How to Read the Bible With Fresh Eyes. While you’re there, pick up a reading schedule as well. And then ask God to help you understand the times you’re in, your role in this present time, and your mission will be clear.

Do you understand these things?

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