Come and Learn With Us at the Mount of the Beatitudes!

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Photo Credit: http://www.bibleplaces.com/mtbeatitudes.htm

 

Can you imagine listening to the Beatitudes of Jesus in the very place where Jesus first uttered them! You can if you join Melodee and I for these 10 Life-Changing Days in Israel! We will hold a Bible study here from the Sermon on the Mount and you will enjoy hearing those words in their original context.

The “Sermon on the Mount” is recorded in Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6.  The alleged discrepancy between Matthew’s version being on a hill and Luke’s being on a level place is easily reconciled with observation of many level places on the Galilean hillsides.  Scripture gives no indication of the exact location of this event, but the Byzantines built a church to commemorate it at the bottom of the hill.  Some of Napoleon’s men placed it on the nearby Arbel mountain.

The suggestion of this hill for the location of the Sermon on the Mount is a good one.  Once known as Mt. Eremos, this hill is located between Capernaum and Tabgha and is just above the “Cove of the Sower.”  This spacious hillside provides much room for crowds to gather, as evidenced by preparation for 100,000 Catholics to observe mass nearby with the Pope’s visit in March 2000 (it rained and fewer came, but the space was available).

Melodee and I want to invite you to join us on this amazing, once-in-a-lifetime trip. Don’t miss this opportunity! God wants to transform your life like He has done to us!

This is a 10-day trip leaving February 18th, 2013. We have made it easy for you to join us with a choice of departures cities across the country: You can choose to leave from Los Angeles, Chicago or New York.

Details and a brochure with all the details are located at this link. We encourage you to get your deposit in while space is still available!

Melodee and I are here to answer all of your questions! You can email us at: pastormatt [@] eaglesinleadership.org

We look forward to praying with you in Israel in February!

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Come and Be Baptized With Us in the Jordan River!

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Can you imagine being baptized in the very river where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist! You can if you join Melodee and I for these 10 Life-Changing Days in Israel! We will baptize any who would like to be baptized (or baptized again) in the Jordan River in a place called Yardenit.

Yardenit (“little Jordan”) is a popular Baptism site. Here, the water flows into the Jordan river, eventually flowing into the Dead Sea located more than 100KM to the south. This site is believed by some traditions to be the actual site where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist (Matthew 3: 13: “Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John“).

Melodee and I want to invite you to join us on this amazing, once-in-a-lifetime trip. Don’t miss this opportunity! God wants to transform your life like He has done to us!

This is a 10-day trip leaving February 18th, 2013. We have made it easy for you to join us with a choice of departures cities across the country: You can choose to leave from Los Angeles, Chicago or New York.

Details and a brochure with all the details are located at this link. We encourage you to get your deposit in while space is still available!

Melodee and I are here to answer all of your questions! You can email us at: pastormatt [@] eaglesinleadership.org

We look forward to praying with you in Israel in February!

 

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Fall Semester Open Registration!

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Eagles In Leadership and Bible Believers Christian College and Seminary Are Announcing …

 

Fall Registration!

2012 – 2013

 

BBCCS offers the following …

 

  • High School Diploma

 

  • Associate of Biblical Studies Degree

 

  • Bachelor Degree

 

  • Master Degree

 

  • Doctorate Degree

 

Registration Is Now Open

For The Fall Semester to be Offered at:

Bible Believers Christian College and Seminary

4081 W. El Segundo Blvd.
Hawthorne, CA 90250

Contact: Dr. Steven Davis, Dean Phone: 323.779-2222

Biblical Training for Today’s Urban Christian Leader

These degrees are designed for the serious Bible student:

Pastors, Ministers, Evangelists, Teachers, Deacons, Deaconnesses, Chaplains, Missionaries, etc.

 

Semester Begins: August 27th, 2012!

 

Registration: At an affordable cost:

Associate of Biblical Studies = $1,000; Bachelor Degree = $3,200

Master Degree = $3,800; Doctorate Degree = $4,800

 

*** Payment Plan Available ***

 

For more information: Bible Believers Christian College and Seminary

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Transformed Interviews Comedian Jeff Allen

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Jeff Allen is the best at what he does–making people laugh as hard as humanly possible. His Happy Wife, Happy Life® message of a marriage gone wrong and redeemed has given laughter and encouragement to millions of people. Jeff’s comedy drives home the humor in everyday family life and the joy derived from a healthy marriage.

 

Inspirational Comedian – Brief Facts

At home with secular, religious and combined audiences, Jeff has performed on every US cable comedy show, in Las Vegas, for corporate engagements and in churches all over the country.

Starred in his own sitcom pilot, Happy Wife, Happy Life®, for PAX TV with Castle Rock Television

Starred in the critically acclaimed film and DVD Apostles of Comedy

Starred in the hilarious comedy DVD Thou Shalt Laugh

Headlined his own national comedy tour, Jeff Allen and Friends: Funny People of Faith

Received the Grady Nutt Humor Award – the most prestigious comedy award in the Christian market.

Columnist for Living with Teenagers, Homecoming and Homelife magazines

Featured comedian on Bill Gaither’s Homecoming, Praise Gathering, Gaitherfest

Performed at numerous functions with newsmakers such as: John Ashcroft, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, J.C. Watts, Zach Wamp and numerous others

Regularly heard on XM Radio; Jones Radio Network; Focus on the Family

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Come and Worship With Us in Jesus’ Synagogue!

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Can you imagine singing praise to Jesus in the very worship center in which He attended while He was on earth! You can if you join Melodee and I for these 10 Life-Changing Days in Israel! We will worship in the very synagogue where Jesus spoke, sang and did some of his greatest miracles.

Jesus was confronted by a demoniac while teaching here (Mark 1:21-27).

In Capernaum, Jesus healed the servant of the centurion.  This Roman official was credited with building the synagogue (Luke 7:3).

In this synagogue, Jesus gave sermon on the bread of life (John 6:35-59).

The dating of this synagogue is debated, but it is clearly later than the first century.  Excavations have revealed a synagogue from the time of Jesus with walls made of worked stone and 4 feet thick.

These earlier walls were preserved up to 3 feet high and the entire western wall still exists and was used as the foundation for the later synagogue.

Melodee and I want to invite you to join us on this amazing, once-in-a-lifetime trip. Don’t miss this opportunity! God wants to transform your life like He has done to us!

This is a 10-day trip leaving February 18th, 2013. We have made it easy for you to join us with a choice of departures cities across the country: You can choose to leave from Los Angeles, Chicago or New York.

Details and a brochure with all the details are located at this link. We encourage you to get your deposit in while space is still available!

Melodee and I are here to answer all of your questions! You can email us at: pastormatt [@] eaglesinleadership.org

We look forward to praying with you in Israel in February!

 

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Episode 117 – Learning to Forgive!

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Unforgiveness is a prison in which we are our own jailer! If I want out of my prison of pain all I need to do is release the offender. Let go!

Welcome to the Transformed podcast!

Forgiveness involves a choice and a process. Many people struggle with forgiving because they don’t understand what happens after they forgive.

As we open our Bibles, we discover that one of the major problems we all have is that we are insensitive to how we treat others and we are over-sensitive to how we are treated! In fact, Jesus tells us that if we would pay more attention to how we treat others we wouldn’t have to endure fixing so many broken relationships!

Let’s join Dr. Matthew Smith, lead pastor of Pacific Baptist Church in El Segundo, California, as he offers us the keys to forgiveness from the lips of Jesus in Luke 17.

 

 

And with that prayer, men and women came forward to release the offenders in their lives and find the freedom Christ gives once that happens. It is our sincere hope and prayer that you, too, have prayed that prayer as well.

If you have, will you take the next steps in the faith by getting into a small group of believers and digging into the Bible through group study?

You can take the thought of this message one step further by ordering a copy of Pastor Matt’s book, In His Presence.

In His Presence is a daily devotional which targets the purpose of Magnification or Worship.

It revolves around the Biblical truth, “God welcomes you into His presence with joy and pleasure.”

The devotional follows a reading schedule through the entire book of Psalms over the course of the year.

You can order a copy of In His Presence from Amazon by clicking the link on the side panel of the Eagles In Leadership website.

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Come and Sail With Us on the Sea of Galilee!

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Photo Credit: http://www.bibleplaces.com/seagalilee.htm

 

Imagine a cool breeze blowing across your face as you sail on the very waters Jesus walked on 2,000 years ago! (Matthew 14) It was here Jesus did the miracle of the huge catch of fish. (Luke 5) And it was on this very shore that Jesus called Peter back to himself after his resurrection. (John 21)

The Sea of Galilee is fed by the Jordan River, rainfall and springs on the northern side.  More properly designated a lake, the Kinneret (the OT and modern name) is 13 miles long and 7 miles wide.  At its deepest point the lake is only 150 feet deep.  The rabbis said of it, “Although God has created seven seas, yet He has chosen this one as His special delight.”

Join Melodee and I as we travel to Israel in February of 2013! We start out our third day with a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. We visit Ginnosar to view the fishermen’s boat, found on the shores of the Sea Galilee, which dates to Jesus’ time.

Melodee and I want to invite you to join us on this amazing, once-in-a-lifetime trip. Don’t miss this opportunity! God wants to transform your life like He has done to us!

This is a 10-day trip leaving February 18th, 2013. We have made it easy for you to join us with a choice of departures cities across the country: You can choose to leave from Los Angeles, Chicago or New York.

Details and a brochure with all the details are located at this link. We encourage you to get your deposit in while space is still available!

Melodee and I are here to answer all of your questions! You can email us at: pastormatt [@] eaglesinleadership.org

We look forward to praying with you in Israel in February!

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"Urban Leadership" Course Open Enrollment!

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Eagles In Leadership and Bible Believers Christian College and Seminary Are Announcing A Summer Term 2012 Course

 

Urban Leadership

Becoming a Biblical Leader For Your Urban Community

Tuesdays, 6.30 – 9.30 pm

June 12 – August 14, 2012

 Course Description: Urban Leadership will introduce you to the subjects of Urban Leadership and Servant Leadership; allow you to examine the biblical texts forming the basis for the creation, purpose, functions and goals of the spiritual leader who ministers in an urban context; cause you to analyze and differentiate what is biblical and what is cultural in our understanding of leadership; propel you to identify the basic ingredients of what makes a lasting spiritual leader; and encourage you to examine what the Scriptures say regarding the qualifications and functions of a godly leader.

Registration Is Now Open

For This Class to be Offered at:

Bible Believers Christian College and Seminary

4081 W. El Segundo Blvd.
Hawthorne, CA 90250

Contact: Dr. Steven Davis, Dean or Dr. Matthew Smith, Professor

Phone: 323.779-2222

 

Biblical Training for Today’s Urban Christian Leader

These courses are designed for the serious Bible student:

Pastors, Ministers, Evangelists, Teachers, Deacons, Deaconnesses, Chaplains, Missionaries, etc.

Professor: Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Ph D, Professor

Bible Believers Christian College and Seminary

Schedule: June 12 – August 14 (10 weeks), Tuesdays, 6.30 – 9.30 pm

RSVP – ASAP! Space is limited!

Tuition: Full Credit Course (3 accredited, transferrable units)

At an affordable cost: $150. Includes registration fee and course.

A $20 materials fee will also be expected on the first night of class.

Take the course God’s Church in Man’s City also and

get both courses for $275 instead of $300 – a $25 discount!

For more information: Bible Believers Christian College and Seminary

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Episode 116 – From Forgiveness to Forgiving!

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

An unforgiving spirit poisons the community in which it lives, and an unforgiving, forgiven person becomes an open scandal. Such people destroy the churches, the marriages, the families, and the friendships in which they live.

Jesus obviously believed that forgiveness, both from God and from other people, is one of them most significant issues in human life. He talked about it directly and often; gave His life to make it possible, and taught His people that they were not only forgiven, they were also to be forgiving.

Let’s join Dr. Matthew Smith, lead pastor of Pacific Baptist Church in El Segundo, California, as he takes us through another one of those life-stretching conversations about forgiveness with Peter and discover three challenges along the road to becoming a forgiving person.

 

 

As men and women filled the altar in response to Pastor Matt’s challenge at Pacific Baptist Church, we hope you, too, prayed that prayer to …

(1)  Confess your past reluctance / unwillingness to forgive specific people.

(2)  Confess the names of the people you have yet to forgive.

(3)  Confess the pain and the hurt they have put you through.

(4)  Forgive those people anyway, in obedience to the command of Jesus, trusting him that he is wiser and wants the best for your life.

It is our sincere hope and prayer that you will take the next steps in the faith by getting into a small group of believers and digging into the Bible through group study.

You can take the thought of this message one step further by ordering a copy of Pastor Matt’s book, In His Presence.

In His Presence is a daily devotional which targets the purpose of Magnification or Worship.

It revolves around the Biblical truth, “God welcomes you into His presence with joy and pleasure.”

The devotional follows a reading schedule through the entire book of Psalms over the course of the year.

You can order a copy of In His Presence from Amazon by clicking the link on the side panel of the Eagles In Leadership website.

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"God’s Church in Man’s City!" Course Open Enrollment!

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Eagles In Leadership and Bible Believers Christian College and Seminary Are Announcing A Summer Term 2012 Course

 

God’s Church in Man’s City

Understanding and Deploying a Biblical Church in an Urban Community

Mondays, 6.30 – 9.30 pm

June 11 – August 13, 2012

Course Description: Practical Ecclesiology introduces you to the subjects of the Universal Church and the local church; examines the biblical texts forming the basis for the creation, purpose, functions and goals of the Church and local churches; analyzes and differentiates what is biblical and what is cultural in our understanding of the local church; identifies the basic ingredients of what makes a local church; examines what the Scriptures say regarding the qualifications, functions and structures of church leadership and applies these truths to the urban context of Los Angeles County.

Registration Is Now Open

For This Class to be Offered at:

Bible Believers Christian College and Seminary

4081 W. El Segundo Blvd.
Hawthorne, CA 90250

Contact: Dr. Steven Davis, Dean or Dr. Matthew Smith, Professor

Phone: 323.779-2222

 

Biblical Training for Today’s Urban Christian Leader

These courses are designed for the serious Bible student:

Pastors, Ministers, Evangelists, Teachers, Deacons, Deaconnesses, Chaplains, Missionaries, etc.

Professor: Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Ph D, Professor

Bible Believers Christian College and Seminary

Schedule: June 11 – August 13 (10 weeks), Mondays, 6.30 – 9.30 pm

RSVP – ASAP! Space is limited!

Tuition: Full Credit Course (3 accredited, transferrable units)

At an affordable cost: $150. Includes registration fee and course.

A $20 materials fee will also be expected on the first night of class.

Take the course Urban Leadership also and

get both courses for $275 instead of $300 – a $25 discount!

For more information on: Bible Believers Christian College and Seminary


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