Tag Archives: discipleship

I've Been Praying (And God's Been Answering)

Over the past months my pastor, Rick Warren, has challenged us to consider what God might do with us in the next ten years. What would our lives be like if God answered the prayers of our heart? This got … Continue reading

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What Are You Dreaming About? (2)

Artwork Credit: susancorso.com We continue to ask the question today, “What Are You Dreaming About?” As I mentioned in my first post, I am looking for a full-time position in ministry. Whether that is a senior pastor position, or a … 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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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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Help! Our Community Is Changing! (Part 2)

by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith (c) 1999 In part 1 we discussed the rise and decline of the urban church. We ended our Somewhere between the birth and the death of the local church selfishness took center stage, replacing self-sacrifice. … Continue reading

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Mutual Accountability

by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith PhD One of the key secrets to great growth – individually and corporately – is the issue of accountability and the change that comes from it. In fact, when we evaluate based on  the core … Continue reading

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Leadership Development – By the Appetite!

by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, PhD If you know me at all, you know that I am a Star Trek fan – all genres. One of the most important lessons I learned in leadership came in an episode of Star … Continue reading

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Philosophy of Ministry Directions (Part 1)

Knowing where you’re going is more important than going. If there is no specific goal or place where one is headed, it really doesn’t matter if you are going anywhere or doing anything. Motion without direction is delusion. As we … Continue reading

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Transformed Episode #085 – Questions the New Year Brings: Question 3

2009 was filled with distractions, not the least of which was the economy. One of the key changes that I want to make in my life in 2010 is to stay closer to Jesus every day and all throughout each … Continue reading

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Dr. Matthew Lee Smith interviews Patrick Morley, Ph.D.

Patrick Morley, Ph.D. Chairman and CEO, Man in the Mirror http://www.maninthemirror.org If you take virtually every problem in America today, at the root of it you will find the failure of a man (e.g. 93% of prisoners are male and … Continue reading

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