Leading and Learning with David Spell

Leading and Learning with David Spell

This podcast discusses practical leadership, team building, theology, and how to create winning habits.

Episodes

September 10, 2025 20 mins

Dr. David explores this important topic, drawing from his own years of experience in leading small groups and coaching small group leaders. Connect Groups have been proven to be one of the most effective means of growing a church, caring for people, and developing leaders.

Resource Highlight- Miracles in Mark

Miracles in Mark Video Course

Divine Direction by Craig Groeschel

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Dr. David examines this important topic of prayer. Was the Apostle Paul being serious when he commanded us to "Pray without ceasing?" And if he was, how can we live that out in our busy lives? David gives several practical tips to help us understand how we can live a life of prayer.

Resource Highlight- New Testament Snapshots

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August 27, 2025 15 mins

I wanted to reshare this awesome excerpt. Have you gotten your copy of No Way to Live yet?

David shares an exciting excerpt from Book Six in the Chuck McCain Series. This novel deals with the difficult subject of sex trafficking and takes us through Lara Sagarra's saga of getting trapped into the service of a Mexican cartel inside the United States. While this is a fictional story, Lara's plight is much more common than we...

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August 20, 2025 18 mins

Dr. David takes us between the pages of this exciting book. Mark gives us a fast-paced story of Jesus and David provides some great background, along with several ideas for studying this incredible Gospel. In this episode he provides three more great ideas on how to take a deeper dive into Mark.

Resource Highlights- Miracles in Mark

Miracles in Mark Video Bible Study Course

David and Annie are serving the Lord in the US, South America...

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August 13, 2025 23 mins

Dr. David takes us between the pages of this exciting book. Mark gives us a fast-paced story of Jesus and David provides some great background, along with several ideas for studying this incredible Gospel.

Resource Highlights- Miracles in Mark

Miracles in Mark Video Bible Study Course

New Testament Snapshots

David and Annie are serving the Lord in the US, South America, Africa, and India. Would you consider joining their team? Just cli...

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Dr. David wraps up this two-part series on why the Gospels are still important. If you haven't read Matthew, Mark, Luke or John lately, grab your Bible and dig in!

Resource Highlights- Peter and Paul in Acts

The YouVersion Bible App

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July 30, 2025 20 mins

Dr. David explores this interesting question. Why are the Gospels, the four accounts of Jesus, still relevant today? Do these ancient texts still have something to offer a modern world? And, if they do how should we read and interpret them? 

Resource Highlight- New Testament Snapshots

David and Annie are serving the Lord in the US, South America, India, and Africa. Would you consider joining their team? Just click here to get involve...

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July 23, 2025 18 mins

David wraps up the five elements of telling a great story. By following these five principles, you will be on the way to getting your novel from your head to the screen to the printed page. These five elements live inside every great book so lean in and allow them help you develop your novel!

Resource Highlight- A Time to Cry

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July 16, 2025 18 mins

David takes us through the five elements of telling a great story. By following these five principles, you will be on the way to getting your novel from your head to the screen to the printed page.

Resource Highlights- Storm Clouds Rising

Atomic Habits by James Clear

David and Annie are serving the Lord in the US, South America, India and Africa. Would you consider joining their team? Just click here to get involved. Thanks so much!

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For the author, storyline and plot are incredibly important. Creating great characters, however, is even more important. What does it take to create memorable characters that our readers will never forget? David concludes this two-part episode with four more practical tips to help you create characters your audience will never forget!

Resource Highlight- When the Future Ended

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For the author, storyline and plot are incredibly important. Creating great characters, however, is even more important. What does it take to create memorable characters that our readers will never forget? David provides some practical tips to help develop a cast that will drive your story forward.

Resource Highlight- A Time to Cry

David and Annie are serving the Lord in the US, Africa, India, and South America. Would you consider jo...

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June 25, 2025 22 mins

Dr. David provides five practical tips for anyone taking on a new leadership role in their organization. Stepping into a new position can be scary, but David's lifetime of experience provides us with some great insights to take the fear out of leading!

Resource Highlight- Leading into the 21st Century...and Beyond! 2.0

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June 18, 2025 16 mins

David discusses the importance of getting your book out in every format possible. Many authors think that they can't afford to create an audio book but David gives some practical insights on how every can use AI voices to create a beautiful listening experience for their readers/listeners.

Resource Highlight- A Time to Cry

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Dr. David wraps up this important two-part series by providing seven practical tips on how to get people onto our teams. Last week, we discussed how to find the right people. This episode talks about how to take the next step and get them involved!

Resource Highlight- A Time to Cry

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Dr. David provides some excellent keys to identifying potential team members and leaders in our organization. Every leader is always looking for others to be a part of their vision. Dr. David tells us how we can learn to be talent scouts.

Resource Highlight- Leading into the 21st Century...and Beyond! 2.0

David and Annie are serving the Lord in the US, India, Africa, and South America. Would you consider joining their team? Just clic...

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David gives us an exciting taste of his upcoming novel. If you like thrilling stories with compelling characters, you need to check out all of David's novels. You can get a head start by grabbing the rest of the books in the series!

Resource Highlight- The Chuck McCain Series

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Dr. David wraps up this practical series with a look at the last three fruit of the Holy Spirit and how they can be applied in our lives and leadership situations.

Resource Highlight- Peter and Paul in Acts

David and Annie are serving the Lord in the US, India, Africa, and South America. Would you consider joining their team? Just click here to get involved. Thanks so much!

Show credits:

Opening music- Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompet...

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Dr. David continues this practical discussion on the importance of developing emotional intelligence. In a society where people are driven and controlled by their emotions, may we be the people who know how to manage and control ours.

Resource Highlight- Reflections on the Resurrection

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Dr. David continues this important discussion on emotional intelligence. In this podcast, the connection between the fruit of the Spirit and emotional intelligence will be explored, along with how EI affects our leadership and interactions with those around us.

Resource Highlight- New Testament Snapshots

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What is emotional intelligence and why is it so important? A short perusal of the nightly news or even a scroll through your social media accounts reveal that we live in a time where more and more people are living their lives and making decisions based on their emotions. In reality, our emotions were never meant to be the guiding force in our lives. Dr. David provides some practical advice on why and how to harness our EI.

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