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Tag Archives: transformation
Changed Lives Get Noticed!
Artwork courtesy of campusfellowship.com Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead When people truly change, no one can keep quiet … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus
Tagged change, confess, Confession, disciple, discipleship, family, father, friend, God, Gospel, Jesus, life, marriage, mission, neighbor, pain, possess, possession, prison, publiicity, repent, surrender, transform, transformation, twelve
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Episode 114 – Moving from Guilt to Gratitude
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. Gary Inrig has said, “Our response to Jesus is the infallible evidence of whether or not we have understood and received forgiveness.” In our episode today, Dr. Matthew Smith, lead pastor of Pacific Baptist Church … Continue reading
Posted in forgiveness, Transformed
Tagged attitude, Christian, faults, forgiven, forgiveness, Gary Inrig, In His Presence, Jesus, magnification, Pharisee, religiosity, religious, superior, transformation
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Episode 105 – There Are No Hopeless Causes!
There are no hopeless causes! While some people’s problems seem so overwhelming and persistent, we learn in today’s episode that God’s redemptive power can transform them into “strong and graceful oaks for His own glory.” In our series, … Continue reading
Posted in Transformed
Tagged Christ, Christian, compassion, counsel, counseling, forgiveness, hopeless, love, transformation, wounded
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7 Actions of Valor in a Leader
A Study of Gideon Judges 8 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Reading, Just Read It!, Leadership Blog
Tagged attack, Christian, compensation, consequences, cooperation, Gideon, Judges, leader, Leadership, mighty man of valor, mighty men of valor, mission, missional, Old Testament, praise, transformation, uncooperative, unrepentant, valor, victory
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The Timeline of Transformation
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith So you’ve decided to begin a new ministry in an established organization. You have high hopes that God will do wonderful things. As you unpack your things in your new office, it helps to know … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged church growth, core leadership, Enthusiasm, realization, Solomon, Timeline, transformation, trepidation
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Ministry is About Shepherding!
Mary Kay is purported to have said, “There is an invisible sign hanging around every person’s neck and it says, ‘Encourage Me!’” Over the years I have discovered that the people who speak encouragement into my life and seek me … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged accept, affection, care, connection, contact, encourage, encouragement, friend, friends, Mary Kay, ministry, respond, shepherd, shepherding, transformation
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Healthy churches exhibit certain attitudes…
Perry Noble recently wrote, “I am seeing more young men rise up and plant churches…men with vision, passion and courage, men who refuse to accept the status quo, men with a genuine passion to see people far from God come … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged adaptable, birthing, evangelism, evangelistic, grow churches, growth, growth attitudes, healthy church, helpful, humble, humility, loving, nourishing, Perry Noble, plant churches, reprodcing, spiritual gifts, spiritual vitality, transformation, transparent, yielded
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Transformed Podcast: Episode #032 – Are You Enjoying God’s Refreshing?
Transformation is the ‘end-game’ of all of God’s work … to be made into the image of Jesus Christ, His Son is both God’s deepest desire and goal for our lives. In today’s episode, “Are You Enjoying God’s Refreshing?” Dr. … Continue reading
Posted in Transformed
Tagged abundant life, conversion, membership, repentance, spiritual refreshing, times of refreshing, transformation
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Transformed Podcast: Episode #024 – Are We Living Jesus' Ultimate Purpose?
Have you noticed how grandparents need almost no encouragement to share pictures of their grandchildren? No training, no lessons – they just take out a picture, shove it in your face and begin telling you how wonderful their grandchild is! … Continue reading
