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Transformed Podcast #274: Jesus Came to Present Us With Hope! [Repost]
It’s Christmas – a time of hope! In today’s episode from Christmas 2007, Pastor Matt draws our attention to the “coming” or “arrival” of Jesus. The focus of the entire season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus the … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Transformed
Tagged accountability, Christ, Christmas, Creation, eternal life, faith, faithfulness, heaven, hope, James, Jesus, judgement, reconcile, reconciled, Reconciliation, revelation, second coming, sin
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Transformed Episode #245: Before He Takes Us to Heaven!
This is our last episode in the series, “What is the Church?” Today we seek to stir your imagination and motivate your mission by reminding you of the imminent return of our Lord and King, Jesus! Welcome to the … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Transformed
Tagged alive in Christ, archangel, Christ, church, cowards, dead in Christ, grieve, heaven, hope, idolaters, ignorant, Jesus, liars, make disciples, murderers, new, New jerusalem, pain, pretenders, return of Christ, reunion, sexually immoral, sorcerers, trumpet of God, unbelievers, vile
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Transformed Episode #241: An Attitude of Righteousness!
Attitudes. Good, bad or ugly, we all have them. Welcome to the Transformed Podcast. In today’s episode, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, director of Eagles In Leadership, discusses one of the key attitudes that mark Jesus’ disciples. Each attitude builds on … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus, Discipleship, Transformed
Tagged attitude, Bible, chaos, child of God, children of God, heaven, help, hope, insult, Jesus, Matthew 5, persecute, prophets, revile, reward, righteousness, sermon on the mount
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Transformed Episode #229: Christmas Sets Our Agendas
Agendas – we all have them and, if we are bluntly honest, we all work from our own most of the time. But when Jesus comes into our lives, He changes our focus; He breathes life into our schedules! … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Transformed
Tagged agenda, Christmas, devotion, disappointment, faith, favor, favored, God, heaven, Holy Spirit, Impossible, Jerusalem, king of kings, lifestyle, lot, Nazareth, salvation, selfishness, Virgin Mary, Word of God
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Studying James 2:5
Welcome to the Transformed Podcast! Dr. Matthew Smith, director of Eagles In Leadership, continues to teach verse by verse through the book of James, one verse per podcast. These studies were recorded live in his class at Bible Believers Christian … Continue reading
Posted in James Study, Transformed
Tagged arrogance, faith, favoritism, God, heaven, heir, inheritance, poor, poverty, pride, rich, worldly
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Transformed Podcast #184 – Life’s All About the Mission!
When Jesus called His disciples together and shared His heart and passion with them, He reminded them life was all about the mission! We call it the “Great Commission.” God longs to bring His lost children home, thus the Great … Continue reading
Posted in Missional, Transformed
Tagged discipleship, ETHNICITIES, evangelism, faith, heaven, hell, hope, Jesus, lost, mission, purpose, training
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Transformed Episode #174 – Love Holds Our Spiritual Family Caringly!
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. In a day when people say they don’t need “organized religion,” our final study today shows us that the true disciple of Jesus simply cannot exist apart from the support group God has given them: … Continue reading
Posted in Love of God, Transformed
Tagged baptism, discipleship, Gospel, Great Commission, heaven, Jesus, love, love one another, lust, new life, obedience, partner, relationship, sacrifice, support group
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Transformed Episode #170 – Before He Takes Us to Heaven!
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. The Church of Jesus understands these are our “last days.” In our final study on the Church, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, lead Pastor at Pacific Baptist Church in El Segundo, California shows us that the … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Transformed
Tagged archangel, call of God, Christ, church, city, dead in Christ, generosity, God, grieve, heaven, hope, ignorant, imminent return, Jesus, last days, make disciples, new, pain, pretenders, return, rose, shofar
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Transformed Episode #164 – Jesus, Our Victorious Conqueror!!
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. What is life all about? Is it just random events and chaos or is there a plan? If there is a plan, who is the Planner? In today’s study, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, lead Pastor … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Transformed
Tagged Christianity, church, destiny, God, Great Tribulation, heaven, Israel, Jesus, lamb of God, life, Lion from the tribe of Judah, praise, Rapture, the Root of David, throne room, Time of Jacob’s Trouble, worship
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Eternal Life, Eating Flesh, Drinking Blood!
But what is eternal life? Is it eternal self-esteem? Is it a heaven full of mirrors? Or snowboards, or gold links, or black-eyed virgins? No. Jesus tells us exactly what he meant: “And this is eternal life, that they know … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus
Tagged call, Capernaum, commitment, communion, conservative, eternal life, evangelical, faith, heaven, Jesus, Jew, Knowing God, Lamb, lamb of God, passover, prayer, purpose, redemption, relationship, salvation
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