Tag Archives: faith

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

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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

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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

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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

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Transferring Faith to the Next Generation

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

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Anne Jackson Gives Us "Permission to Speak Freely!"

What a joy to welcome Anne Jackson to the Transformed podcast today! Anne Jackson wants you to confess – and she’ll go first in her new book, Permission to Speak Freely. This book flows from the responses to the blog … Continue reading

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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

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Sick churches exhibit certain attitudes…

Several years ago I can remember reading the following: “75% of American churches are dying, 23% are plateaued (by taking people from the dying churches), and only 2% of American churches are growing.” Having worked for three decades in the … Continue reading

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Barna's End of Year Review

We welcome Ed Stetzer to Eagles In Leadership with his poignant guest column today. Ed first posted this blog Monday December 21, 2009 at his blog and he has graciously allowed us to reprint it here. Ed Stetzer is LifeWay’s … Continue reading

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According to Our Faith!

Feel free to forward this to a friend! “The state of faith allows no mention of the word impossibility.” ~ Tertullian, Theologian (c. 160 – 230 A.D.) Faith seems to be a vital commodity these days! With the state of … Continue reading

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