SHOW NOTES Divine Compassion for Ukraine Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 193 (When this episode releases, I will be in Ukraine meeting with key leaders, looking at our operations, and trying to hear the Lord on our next steps.) As I was thinking about the whole Ukraine situation, I realized there are some spiritual lessons we can learn. Someone asked me recently why I got so involved. Obviously, there is a great need. But there are great needs in other situatio

Thank you for standing with us as we stand with those in Ukraine. In Matthew 9, it says that Jesus was moved with compassion when He saw the multitude. God’s compassion is released in us when we see things–not just with our natural eyes, but with our spiritual eyes. I believe God stores up things in us that He can tap later for divine compassion to be released. That’s why Pastor Keith Tucci is leading the charge to make sure the Ukrainian believers stay connected. Show notes

SHOW NOTES What the Church Does, pt1 Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 192 There is a lot more talk about what the Church does than what the Church is. If you don’t get the IS right, you’ll always mess up the DOES, because the DOES will get weird on you. Understanding the picture of the Church from Ephesians (which is what we covered in the series before this one) is very critical. When you look at what the Church IS, you have to translate that to what the Church

The church operates in three dimensions–upward, inward, and outward. The Church should be all three. But we have to get the first thing first. Access is the foundation for the UPWARD ministry of the Church. Your growth and the fruit you bear will be determined by how you use your access more than what gifts and opportunities you have. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. https://www.nrpastors.com/podcastnotes #leadership #KeithTucci #podcast #LeadershipinConte

SHOW NOTES Ephesians Study, pt6 Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 191 Ephesians is a vision book about the Church. The book is Paul’s DNA download of what he believes the culture of the Church should be. Ephesians 6:19 And pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel. The gospel itself was not a mystery. Here Paul is talking about the mystery of the Church. When the New Test

The picture that Paul paints here in Ephesians 6, is one of people who relate to each other–not on the basis of their social or financial status, but rather on the basis of promoting the gospel. The reason I’m friends with some of my dearest friends is because we have an agenda—we want to promote the gospel. That promotion of the gospel, that promotion of the Church, binds our hearts together in whatever we are doing and causes us to cherish those relationships beyond just th

SHOW NOTES Ephesians Study, pt5 Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 190 Ephesians is God’s intent for the Church. Chapter 5 starts out with a “therefore,” meaning it is the conclusion of chapter 4 where Paul talked about being kind, tenderhearted, forgiving, and not having bitterness, wrath, or malice in your heart. Ephesians 5:1-2 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offe

It is His Church. None of us have a church. They are too expensive. You have to die to get one. It’s the body of Christ. We are incorporated into His body. It’s His plan, His design, His doctrine, His demonstration, His destination. The Church is not ours to make into our image as we please, but to make into His image as He has laid out in Scripture. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. https://www.nrpastors.com/podcastnotes Show notes (posted every Tuesday) c

SHOW NOTES Ephesians Study, pt4 Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 189 Ephesians is not addressing problems as much as it is painting a picture of what the Church should look like. One of the humanistic problems we are dealing with today is that we are trying to make God into our image rather than submitting to the image that God made us. I think the Church does that too. God has an image for His Church. Part of that is to bear His image. We have to be careful not

One of the humanistic problems we are dealing with today is that we are trying to make God into our image rather than submitting to the image that God made us. I think the Church does that too. God has an image for His Church. Part of that is to bear His image. We have to be careful not to become retail-oriented and demand that the Church should be what we want it to be. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. https://www.nrpastors.com/podcastnotes Show notes (po

SHOW NOTES Ephesians Study, pt3 Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 188 My goal is to help you be able to break down one book of the Bible. Sometimes as you learn to do that with one book, it’s like you find the keys to the Kingdom and the whole Word opens up. Ephesians 3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles. Paul is writing this while in jail, and he explains what was worth going to jail for. He isn’t there because h

Where does God want to show His glory? In the church. His bride. His family. Those members who are fellow heirs, fellow members, and fellow partakers of the stewardship and the grace of God. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. https://www.nrpastors.com/podcastnotes Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. #leadership #KeithTucci #podcast #LeadershipinContext #podcastepisode

SHOW NOTES One Life at a Time Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 187 I want to share with you my heart about my recent trip to Ukraine and what the Network of Related Pastors is doing there. I want you to understand the vision of what is happening, why it is so critical that it happens, and why I believe— for the integrity of the gospel—that we find ourselves in the center of what God is doing. Martin Luther said, “If I proclaim the gospel with the greatest boldne

I want to share with you my heart about my recent trip to Ukraine and what the Network of Related Pastors is doing there. I want you to understand the vision of what is happening, why it is so critical that it happens, and why I believe— for the integrity of the gospel—that we find ourselves in the center of what God is doing. Martin Luther said, “If I proclaim the gospel with the greatest boldness, yet I do not proclaim it at precisely the place and the moment where the devi

SHOW NOTES Ephesians Study, pt2 Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 186 Ephesians 1: Identification Ephesians 2: Separation It is interesting how Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, presents this. The first thing he does in chapter 1 is talk about who we are in Christ, what our inheritance is, what He gave us. Paul gives us the prize first. Then in chapter 2, he challenges us to live worthy of that prize. Notice the description that Paul uses starting o

The first thing Paul does in chapter 1 of the book of Ephesians is talk about who we are in Christ, what our inheritance is, what He gave us. Paul gives us the prize first. Then in chapter 2, he challenges us to live worthy of that prize. Notice the description that Paul uses starting out chapter 2. This is God’s description of what He saved you from. God saves you from something and God saves you to something. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. https://www.

SHOW NOTES Ephesians Study, pt1 Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 185 I struggle with reading the Bible. I find it much more enjoyable to study the Bible. When I just sit and try to read the Bible like I read another book, my mind wanders. You have to dig in. I cover less pages in my Bible study time because I take the time to study it, to really dive in. Once I understood one book of the Bible (for me, that was Galatians), really grasping what it was about, it s

I struggle with reading the Bible. I find it much more enjoyable to study the Bible. When I just sit and try to read the Bible like I read another book, my mind wanders. You have to dig in. I cover less pages in my Bible study time because I take the time to study it, to really dive in. Once I understood one book of the Bible (for me, that was Galatians), really grasping what it was about, it seemed like the rest of the Bible opened up to me. I had a “velcro” that I could sti

SHOW NOTES Father God, not Mother Earth Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 184 God has made us to rule over His creation, to subdue the earth, and to fill the earth. (Genesis 1:27-28) The earth is still vastly empty. We are only using 2% of the world’s land to feed the whole world. That number gets less as the population grows because of technology, refrigeration, shipping, and other scientific advancements. Produce is more affordable. The science of it is more wo

God has made us to rule over His creation, to subdue the earth, and to fill the earth. (Genesis 1:27-28) The earth is still vastly empty. We are only using 2% of the world’s land to feed the whole world. People are not the problem. The radical environmentalist's bottom line is population control. There is a war going on with hundreds of thousands of innocent people being slaughtered in Ukraine, and we are feeding that war machine. We are buying oil from Russia because we won’