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Hard Sayings and Shallow Faith!
Belief is truth held in the mind; faith is a fire in the heart. ~ Joseph Fort Newton Faith in Jesus isn’t an app we can turn on and turn off when we want to. Faith is an absolute calling … Continue reading
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Tagged app, belief, call, Capernaum, commitment, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, disciple, faith, God, heart, Jesus, Kingdom, Lamb, lamb of God, loyalty, ministry, passover, tenacity, Trust, will
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Transformed Episode 160 – Jesus Our Life Provider
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. So why is Jesus so important? Don’t all religions pray to the same God? Aren’t all faiths equally valid? In today’s study, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Lead Pastor at Pacific Baptist Church in El Segundo, … Continue reading
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Tagged abundance, Christian, Christianity, disciple, eternal, fame, Intimacy, Jesus, John 10, Leadership, life, life purpose, mentor, mindset, name, Pharisee, predator, prestige, prosperity, protection, psa 23, rebellion, rejection, relationship, rescue, salvation, saved, sheep, shepherd, spiritual, Vision, willfulness
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Transformed Talks with Daniel Henderson About Strategic Prayer!
Transformed spoke recently with Daniel Henderson about prayer and its centrality to the life of the disciple and the Church of the Lord Jesus. As a Senior Pastor for over two decades, Daniel Henderson brought prayer-based revitalization to several mega-churches. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, church, disciple, growth, health, Jesus, ministry, prayer, relationship
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Transformed Episode #159 – Jesus, Our Life Guide!
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. Is there more to life than consuming and existing? Can we ever know what is right? Can we ever know how to proceed in this life? In today’s study, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Lead Pastor … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christ, Christian, coach, condemn, consequences, cop, disciple, eternal life, failure, feast, holiness, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John 3:16, judge, judgement, light, morals, path, performance, rescue, review, sin, tabernacle, witness
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Transformed Episode #157 – Jesus, Our Sin Remover!
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. Why do we need Jesus anyway? What’s the purpose of His life? Today, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Lead Pastor at Pacific Baptist Church in El Segundo, California answers those questions in this study of Jesus, … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, blessing, Christ, disciple, Exodus, Holy Spirit, Jesus, King, lamb of God, levites, Messiah, miracle, passover, plagues, praise, priests, redemption, religious, reveal, Saul, sin, Son of God, spiritual blindness, spiritual hunger, Trust
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Caring For the Sick!
Photo Credit: fvdb.wordpress.com Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if he or she were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness, and understanding you can muster, and do so with no thought of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, broken, busy, care, Christ, Christian, compassion, compassionate, disciple, disciples, discipleship, faith, healing, health, heaven, hope, Jesus, needy, pain, people, pressures, problems, sick, spirit, Word of God
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Transformed Episode #154 – You Mean God Puts Money in People’s Bank Accounts?
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. The Word of God provides a road map and contains everything we need to know in order to enjoy success in our personal lives, including success in our finances. When God can trust His subjects … Continue reading
Mourning Will Have to Wait, There’s Ministry To Do!
“Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” (Matthew 16:24, NKJV) Personal needs often take a back seat to the disciple of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, disciple, discipleship, Jesus, King Jesus, Lord Jesus, ministry, needs, recover, regroup, rest, retreat
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It Doesn’t Always End Well!
Truth is not always popular, but it is always right. There is a pernicious lie in the religion of Churchianity: If you do well, life will be incredible! Unfortunately, this is a truth from a different faith. One need … Continue reading
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Tagged adulterer, adultery, adversary, carnality, Christianity, Churchianty, disciple, faith, Jesus, lie, life, Master, right, truth, will of God, Word of God
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Episode 146 – Going After the Giver of Life!
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. Can you imagine going on a date with your beloved and all they do for the entire time you are away is talk! They never let you get a word in. They simply … Continue reading
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Tagged blessing, Christian, confess, devil, disciple, fast, forgive, forgiven, forsake, glory, honor, hypocrite, John, life, pardon, popularity, power, pray, prayer, priorities, priority, protection, provision, purity, reward, seek, tempt, tempted, thank
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