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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Dr. David responds to a listener's question. The most important thing for any writer to do is to write, but it is easy get caught up on the latest tool or technology. At the same time, there are several great tools out there to make an author's life easier and David shares a few of them with you!

Resource Highlight- No Way to Live

Tools

Evernote

Scrivener

Fiverr

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In last week's episode, Dr. David discussed the most popular arguments agains the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Today, he looks at the three types of evidence that point to the historicity of the resurrection. By themselves, each piece of evidence is a strong proof for the resurrection. Taken together, Christians can rest assured that their faith is not misplaced but is based on a solid foundation of evidence that we ca...

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April 9, 2025 25 mins

Easter is that time of the year when so many people, believers and unbelievers alike, think about the centrality of the resurrection of Jesus in Christianity. Dr. David explores two of the most popular arguments that have been raised against the historicity of the resurrection over the years.

Resource Highlight- Reflections on the Resurrection 

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Dr. David continues this important discussion on keeping our churches safe. In this episode, he provides practical advice on how to put a team together in your church. What questions should you ask when considering people to serve in this important ministry. 

Feel free to reach our to David if he can help you or your church!

Resource Highlight- Storm Clouds Rising

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March 26, 2025 24 mins

Dr. David explores this important and relevant topic of church safety. It is seldom a week goes by where the news doesn't contain a story relating to violence or vandalism at a place of worship. What are you doing to protect your church? David gives some practical tips to get you started.

Resource Highlight- No Way to Live

Church Safety Resources

Sheepdog Church Security

Strategies International

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March 19, 2025 20 mins

Dr. David discusses four important leadership characteristics that will help anyone become more effective as they lead and serve others. Sadly, we often make leadership principles complicated. These four building blocks will help any supervisor/manager/leader lead better!

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

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