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Tag Archives: faith
Why Can’t We See Them?
As we walked the streets of our community this weekend giving away small bags of Valentine’s candy, my heart almost broke as I thought about all the people near our worship facility. Who are they? What’s their story? Do they … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus, christian life, Discipleship, Leadership Blog, Missional, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged caring, Christian, community, faith, love, Love neighbor, mission, missional
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Episode 101: My Consecration: How Can I Be Spiritually Fulfilled?
It’s our 101st episode of the Transformed podcast today. We are so glad you have joined us we seek to Encourage Achievement in Godly Leaders by Emphasizing Servanthood.” Today we examine a powerful encounter between a rich young ruler and … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, faith, Transformed
Tagged Christian, consecration, faith, New Testament, rich young ruler, spiritual life
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The Façade of Faith
By Dr. Matthew Lee Smith As they did renovation on the old building not far from my house recently, I noticed that the frontage of the building was, in reality a façade! While it appeared to be a very … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Leadership Blog
Tagged broken relationships, Dave Ferguson, facade, faith, false faith, reconcile, relationships, truth, unfaithful
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Transformed Interviews Shannon O'Dell About "Transforming Church in Rural America!"
In today’s episode, we want to explore effective ministry in rural areas. Matt would tell you that many of the truths in this episode apply equally to urban ministry as well. Shannon O’Dell has focused on vision, attitude, leadership and … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Missional, Transformed
Tagged Christian, church, faith, Leadership, ministry, rural, strategy, transforming church in rural america, Vision
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Immigration and the Gospel (Guest Blog)
By Dr. Russell Moore The Christian response to immigrant communities in the United States cannot be “You kids get off of my lawn” in Spanish. While evangelicals, like other Americans, might disagree on the political specifics of achieving a just … Continue reading
7 Actions to Stop Spiritual Drift
Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the Bible in general. … Continue reading
Posted in Just Read It!, Leadership Blog
Tagged Bible study, Deuteronomy, faith, fear, God, love, obey, respect, serve, speak, Spiritual drift, spiritual life, worship
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What Do Those Without Faith Do in Times Like These?
Recession – layoffs – tightening budgets. All three of these are now very familiar at the Smith home. As I enter my seven-month without a full-time paycheck, I stopped this past week to reflect on the bounty and reality of … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged budget, faith, fear, God, lay-offs, recession, Trust, Word of God
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