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Magnificent Marriage Monday – One Couple Can Make a Huge Difference!
“When the Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time, the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and he … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage
Tagged activities, activity, Ark, athlete, businessperson, call, chaos, choice, conviction, cost, couple, Creation, crookedness, culture, Daniel, difference, dream, dreams, earth, evil, excellence, favor, future, God, grieve, hard work, honor, honoring, human, humanity, husband, inclination, iniquities, iniquity, intention, life, Lord, man, marriage, mind, musician, Noah, path, people, price, regret, ridicule, significance, strange, whim, wicked, wickedness, wife, will, winning
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Guarding God’s Gifts!
“The Lord God made clothing from skins for the man and his wife, and he clothed them.” (Genesis 3:21, CSB) The Lord God made clothing … and he clothed them. We live in corrupt times. So many people have … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage
Tagged abundance, Adam, ashamed, Bible, body, choice, clothing, command, cultural, culture, currupt, decisions, desire, directive, disobedience, esteem, eve, evil, forbidden, Gift, God, good, holiness, honor, life partner, lifestyle, Lord, marriage, naked, norms, offering, rejectin, sacred, spouse, standard
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Life and Light For Humanity!
“Life was in Him, and that life was the light of men. That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome it.” (John 1:4–5, HCSB) That life was the light of men. Have you ever noticed … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged anger, change, church, cities, community, create, culture, darkness, dissension, encouragement, faction, family, follower, group, hatred, hope, humanity, idea, jealousy, Jesus, Job, King, life, light, Lord, marriage, possibilities, promise, promote, rescue, Savior, School, selfish, selfish ambition, strife, sustain, through, transforms, world
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Hope For Today – Escaping The Griminess of Our Corrupt World!
Photo Credit: https://samsagreatbigidiot.files.wordpress.com As quickly as the calm and peace of Christmas came and went, the chaos and panic of the New Year has overwhelmed us again. I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today
Tagged abundant life, Bible, calm, chaos, Christmas, corruption, cravings, culture, divine nature, filth, fornication, God, help, hope, illicit, Jesus, life, lust, panic, peace, purity, rancid, selfishness, sensuality, steps, strategies, survival, wisdom
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Lessons From the East – A Book Review
Disturbing. Dynamic. Directional. These thoughts ran through my mind as I read – strike that – devoured this book. I am not one to gush over a book, but Lessons From the East is a must read this summer! With … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Bible, Bob Roberts Jr., Christ, church, culture, Decline, discipleship, evangelism, faith, forgiveness, Gospel, Great Commission, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Kingdom, Lessons From the East, love your neighbor, membership, mission, missional, missions, motivation, religion, repentance, spiritual gifts
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Hope For Today – Only You Can Help Us Lord!
Photo Credit: www.clearlakechurch.com What do you do when your enemies surround you on every side and defeat looks imminent? Cry? Give up? Quit? I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today to remind us that … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged attacked, Bible, Christians, culture, defeat, disciple, enemies, God, Jesus, legal assaults, Lord, powerful, weak
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Obstacles In the Established Church – A Book Review
A New Book by Sam S. Rainer III Obstacles In the Established Church is that book most pastors wish they would have read years ago. Sam seeks to help those who lead the established local American Church get “unstuck” … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged attack, battle, challenge, change, church, coach, comfort, consensus, criticism, culture, delegate, discussion, division, expectations, focus, health, Holy Spirit, humor, idea, imperfection, Jesus, leader, love, member, money, organization, organized, overcome, pain, pastor, people, prayer, preference, priorities, problems, Rainer, resist, Sam S. Rainer, Satan, spiritual gifts, strengths, tenure, timing, transformation, Value
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Hope For Today – Escaping The Griminess of Our Corrupt World!
Christmas seems light years ago, doesn’t it? Life waits for no one. And, as quickly as the calm and peace of Christmas came and went, the chaos and panic of the New Year has overwhelmed us again. I’m Dr. Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged abundant life, Bible, calm, chaos, corrupt, corruption, cravings, culture, divine, God's Word, help, hope, Jesus, light, lust, nature, New Year, overwhelmed, panic, peace, purity, selfishness, sensuality, sex, steps, strategies
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Transformed Podcast #265: We Will Stand Firm!
You and I, like our brothers and sisters 1900 years ago, are fighting a spiritual battle for the heart and soul of our cities here and around the world. And this is not a battle that can be won through … Continue reading
Posted in Engaging Culture, Transformed
Tagged accusation, attack, believers, believing, benefits, Bible, Christian, community, conversation, culture, darkness, faith, Good News, government, GPS, Holy Spirit, influence, Jesus, local church, obedient, powers, principalities, Proverbs, rescue, right, righteousness, salvation, same-sex, sexually pure, shield, skillfully, spiritual battle, spiritual hosts, strategically, thief, truth, wickedness
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Transformed Podcast #264: When the Culture Crumbles!
“May you live in interesting times” is an English expression purported to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. Despite being so common in English as to be known as “the Chinese curse“, the saying is apocryphal, and no … Continue reading
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Tagged America, authority, Bible, children, conscience, culture, discourse, end times, faith, family, gentleness, glorify, God, good, goodness, Gospel, hate speech, homosexual, joy, kindness, Law, lifestyle, light, love, loyalty, pastors, patience, peace, public, purity, salt, SCOTUS, self control, sensuality, shame, truth, wickedness, wil, worship
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