Earl McClellan - Dallas pastor on breaking free of negative self-talk, wounding words and Jordan vs. Lebron
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Earl McClellan is the founder and lead pastor of Shoreline City Church in Dallas, Texas. His new book "Get Your Spirit Back" released in November 2024.
In college, McClellan played division one basketball with Oral Roberts University.
Today on the podcast, Earl McClellan shares his journey from being a college basketball player to becoming a lead pastor and author. They discuss the importance of self-talk, faith, and understanding one's calling beyond just a career. Earl emphasizes the significance of words, both spoken to oneself and to others, and how they can shape identity and purpose.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
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| 0:17.0 | Forte, who gets the call, he'll slice his way in for the touchdown. |
| 0:20.9 | And now here's your host, former NFL Pro Bowl running back, Matt Forte. |
| 0:31.4 | What's up, Sports Spectrum? |
| 0:32.9 | It's Matt Forte here with my man Jay Nice, as always. |
| 0:36.2 | And then I have a special guest this week. I have my man, |
| 0:40.8 | Pastor Earl McClellan with us, who is the founder and lead pastor at Shoreline City Church in Dallas, |
| 0:46.2 | Texas. And he also has a new book coming out. He has Get Your Spirit Back, break free of negative self-talk, |
| 0:53.2 | and step fully into your calling. |
| 0:56.0 | Released in November 12th, released November 12th this year. And so, man, that is awesome. |
| 1:02.5 | Congratulations on that. You know, I got to pump my chest a little bit to talk to a fellow |
| 1:07.9 | author as well. Just as an athlete to be an author now, it's kind of, it's different. |
| 1:14.5 | But, you know, the Lord does work in mysterious ways. |
| 1:17.6 | In mysterious ways for sure. |
| 1:20.3 | I'm looking forward to getting to know you, getting to me as well as the viewers as well and listeners. |
| 1:26.2 | So when I do that, I like to ask them this question. I'm in Chicago. I'm from Louisiana, and I grew up a Bulls fan because Louisiana. Yeah, we didn't have a team. You didn't have a team. Until way later, they got the New Orleans Hornets way better, way later. So I like to ask the people because I got to know who I'm dealing with. |
| 1:49.3 | So let, you know, I want you to tell me, because you played ball too. You played in college. |
| 1:56.2 | You played at Oroboros University. I did. D1 basketball, dunking on people, all those good things, you know. |
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