Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 029 Dignity Human dignity is defined as “deserving of respect and value.” Have you noticed the use of the word dignity more and more lately? Interestingly, it seems to be the war cry of the liberal left as the passport of their agendas—many of which have admirable motives, but are usually counterproductive to the very goals of the stated purpose (or at least what they report to be promoting). In its pure and simple application, d

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 028 Don’t Be Slothful Hebrews 6:11-12 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you will not be sluggish (the King James version says “slothful”),but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Sluggish in the Greek is Nothros, which means “to be dull, monotonous, unexciting, slow, or sluggish; something that has lost i

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 027 Divine Healing Exodus 23:25-26 But you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst. There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days. That is a covenant promise that Jehovah-Rapha made to His covenant people—and we are included in that covenant as children of Abraham. I believe that God wants to heal the

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 026 Resisting the Devil There are certain things that are vital for us to emphasize and focus on as evangelical pastors (we talked about some of them in our last two podcasts)—not just to be distinct, but because they are central to the DNA of who we are. One of those things is the belief in casting out demons. Can Christians have a demon? I believe this is the wrong question. The question should be: Can a demon have a Christian?

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 025 Charismatic Distinctives, part 2 1 Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware. (Another translation says “ignorant,” and another says “uninformed.”) Paul is writing to the Church and telling them that he doesn’t want them to be ignorant or unaware of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is obvious that there was some misuse of the gifts in the Corinthians’ church. If you skip to the

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 024 Charismatic Distinctives, part 1 Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. When was the last time you preached a message on the baptism of the Holy Spirit? Looking at the present charismatic church situation in the United States, it seems we have a lack of power when it comes to divine healing and demon deliverance. Could it be that w

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 023 Strong Personalities, part 2 My take on strong personalities: I would rather deal with wildfire than no fire. I would rather control a fire than have to rub two sticks together under someone. I see a lot of leadership wasting a lot of time motivating people who don’t want to get on fire and avoiding people who are on fire because they look like they may be too much work. Reminder: Those with strong personalities also need to

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 022 Strong Personalities, part 1 Do you have any strong people in your life that you would like to have better relationships with? Paul and Barnabas’ Relationship Acts 15:36-39 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brethren in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.”Barnabas wanted to take John, called Mark, along with them also. But Paul kept insisting that they

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 021 Ask Yourself, part 2 Evaluation Questions What do I do well? What do I do poorly? What needs to be done that I tend to avoid? What do I do that needs definite improvement? What can I invest in others so they can do some of the things that I am doing? Last week we discussed the first two questions. Let’s dive into the last three… 3. What needs to be done that I tend to avoid? Is there anything that you are avoiding that you kn

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 020 Ask Yourself, part 1 Galatians 6:4 But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for rejoicing in himself, and not in regard to another. Self-Evaluation This starts with us evaluating ourselves, but it doesn’t end there. Most of us are either too hard on ourselves or too easy on ourselves. It becomes too subjective, it isn’t clear enough, and we either get so depressed we want to quit or we get so infla

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 020 Ask Yourself, part 1 Galatians 6:4 But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for rejoicing in himself, and not in regard to another. Self-Evaluation This starts with us evaluating ourselves, but it doesn’t end there. Most of us are either too hard on ourselves or too easy on ourselves. It becomes too subjective, it isn’t clear enough, and we either get so depressed we want to quit or we get so infla

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 019 Recruiting Leaders, part 1 One of the top things that should be on every leader’s list is reproducing yourself and raising up leaders. First, let me give those of you perspective who have had a rough time raising up leaders: Jesus raised up 12 and lost one of them. There were a few other disciples that took a while to produce fruit. One of the biggest hindrances to raising up leaders can be getting beyond our past situations.

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 018 Time Stewardship, part 2 Assigning our days keeps us mentality fresh so we are not always acting and feeling busy, but being productive and fruitful. I never tell people that I’m busy. Busy means that I’m not getting anything done; I’m spending a lot of energy. Instead, I tell people that I’m fruitful, I’m effective, I’m intentional. Especially in the context of ministry (but it applies to business as well), we have 52 weeks.

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 017 Time Stewardship, part 1 There is a good chance that you would say you are busy. Most of us are. But having a busy mindset is one of the things that will zap your mental, spiritual, and emotional energy and will keep you from being productive. So teach us to number our days that we may present to You a heart of wisdom.Psalm 90:12 This passage is interesting. God had shown His displeasure with His followers’ stewardship of tim

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 016 Pro-life Who was the first person to praise the incarnate Jesus Christ on this planet that we have a record of? The answer is found in Luke 1:41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greetings, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. John the Baptist was the first person to praise the incarnate Jesus on this planet. He happened to be living in his mother’s womb at the time. It is interesting that it

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 015 Being Missional, part 5 What is the goal of missions? The goal is to reach people. The greatest need is not money; it’s people. Money helps facilitate those people. Whether you have a small church, a large church, mission-minded people, or no missions history—if you have people, you have part of the resource. Our goal in raising mission awareness is generating workers. I believe that if you provide the ministry, God will prov

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 014 Being Missional, part 4 Being Missional: Ponds—usually refers to a water pond, but today we are going to refer to it in a provisionalsense. One of the marks of a church with a mission is that it has vision. One of the clearest ways you define and infuse vision is to demonstrate a strategic plan to obtain and acquire the provisionto fuel the vision. As a result of that, missional churches have leadership who are unapologetic a

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 013 Being Missional, part 3 If we don’t want to have a church full of self-centered people, then have a culture of missions. When you have that, then in people’s emotional, mental, and spiritual equilibrium, they are always thinking (in the context of church life) about other people and not just about themselves. If we want people to be different, we are going to have to lead them out of where they are, not just suggest a differe

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 012 Being Missional, part 2 If you want to move forward—building a building, adding staff members, supporting a missionary, recruiting more volunteers, etc.—here are 5 C’s that can be a checklist for you as you pray, meet with your leadership team, and communicate. Often times, we are poor at communicating to the people we want to participate. They understand the end result of what we are doing, but they really haven’t caught the

Leadership in Context with Keith Tucci Episode 011 Being Missional, part 1 What does it mean to be missional? Missional means to be clear and fruitful about your mission. Developing a missional culture is one of the most significant things you can do in a church, in business, in a family. It affects and defines not only everything you do, think, believe, and feel, but also what you end up doing—what you put traction to. Missional vs. Consumer A consumer congregation is based