Author Archives: Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Bible Reading: The Differences of Culture

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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3 Keys to Helping Our Urban Centers

by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith Executive Director of EaglesInLeadership.org Author of “Growing Missional Leaders” A few days ago I was reading blogs and e-notices about blogs when one passed by quickly. Some guy was holding a seminar on helping our … Continue reading

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Genesis: Jacob and Joseph

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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Genesis: Isaac Continues 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. Today we discover that … Isaac Continues The Next Generation Of Faith (Genesis 21-28) From Abraham came his full-blooded son … Continue reading

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Difficulties When Reading the Bible

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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Dr. Tom Cocklereece Talks About Simple Discipleship

Today we welcome Dr. Tom Cocklereece who serves as pastor of Shady Grove Baptist Church in Marietta, GA and as CEO of RENOVA Coaching and Consulting LLC providing values-based transformational ministry, leadership, executive, marriage, and life coaching. Tom is a … Continue reading

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Genesis: The Beginning of the Nations

Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Today we discover the … Beginning Of The Nations With The Tower Of Babel (Genesis 11) In this section we … Continue reading

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Sweeter As the Years Go By?

by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith Executive Director of EaglesInLeadership.org Author of “Growing Missional Leaders” “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who … Continue reading

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Genesis: The Beginning of Death and Destruction

Editor’s Note: As we continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year, we step into the … Beginning Of Death and Destruction In The Fall (3) If everything started out so … Continue reading

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Beginning the Book of Genesis

When Melodee and I traveled to Hawaii for our 20th anniversary, our desire was to make sure we got the most of out of our days. With that in mind, we set out a framework of what we want to … Continue reading

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