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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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’

To have a proper biblical worldview, one of the things you must understand is that man was not made for the earth; the earth was made for man. The earth is here to serve the purpose of God in subduing the earth and taming it. There is a great clash in worldviews when people suggest that the earth is greater than humanity, that the earth is a personality—i.e., Mother Earth. Today we are in a crisis regarding “Mother Earth.” There is a war going on in Europe because many of the

Today we are pulling an episode out of the archives on working with strong personalities. Do you have strong people in your life that you would like to have better relationships with? Compliance is not the goal of leadership. FRUIT is the goal of leadership. We don’t want people who will just comply, but people that we can release, channel, and hold onto without dragging them down. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. https://www.nrpastors.com/podcastnotes Sh

Today we are pulling an episode out of the archives. Servant leadership is first and foremost about serving God, not about serving people. I am submitted to God and a servant of God. I’m inviting people, not just to serve me, but inviting them to serve the Lord WITH me. I am a servant of God TO the people, not a servant of the people. I am a servant of God to the people; therefore, I serve the people. Because I’m a servant of God, I serve people because that is what God does

Today we are pulling an episode out of the archives on the essence of leadership. Servant leadership is first and foremost about serving God, not about serving people. I am submitted to God and a servant of God. I’m inviting people, not just to serve me, but inviting them to serve the Lord WITH me. I am a servant of God TO the people, not a servant of the people. I am a servant of God to the people; therefore, I serve the people. Because I’m a servant of God, I serve people b

If something is dead or dying, there probably have been no corrections or adjustments made. If you see a church that is dying, there is a good chance they haven’t made needed corrections.If there is no correction, there is no growth. Correction is part of growing. 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

There are many people out there who have a desire to do something for God, but they don’t want to put themselves in the line of fire for the criticism and the judgment they have seen other people suffer. I think there are some things we can do about that. 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

The core of leaders is that they are burden bearers. It isn’t complicated. It just isn’t easy. Ultimately, when a leader encounters a problem, in their heart and attitude they take the posture of being the most responsible person in the room. Not the person with the title. Not the person with the tools or gifting or the most prepared. They see themselves as a Christ-bearer who takes on that responsibility. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. https://www.nrpas

The law of inspiration empowers people to take risks and to develop their own faith biography and their own testimony of faith. The law of inspiration is that father spirit that is not afraid of a risk. The law of inspiration doesn’t put someone down because they tried and failed. Nothing is wasted. An inspirational leader is redemptive in motivating people to do great things for God. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. https://www.nrpastors.com/podcastnotes

If you are leading and no one is following, you are just going for a walk. Position/title is the lowest form of influence. Great leaders are men and women who take their title or position and turn it into influence instead of trading for influence. Using influence isn’t for self-promotion, but for promoting the Kingdom and God’s reign on this earth. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. https://www.nrpastors.com/podcastnotes Show notes (posted every Tuesday) ca

The reason that Jesus’ ministry was so incredible to the minds of that day was that He was not a philosopher; He was a doer. He didn’t talk about healing broken hearts; He went out and healed broken hearts. He didn’t talk about feeding hungry people; He went out and fed hungry people. He didn’t talk about making disciples; He made disciples. He didn’t talk about being a servant; He became a servant. One of the great laws of leadership is being a doer, an example. Show notes (