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5 Leadership Questions Podcast on Church Leadership with Todd Adkins and Dan Iten
Hosted by Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network · EN
Todd Adkins and Dan Iten ask five leadership questions to different guests, on a specific topic, or on a particular book.
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5LQ Episode 460: Tim Keller
Apr 6, 2021Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Ben Mandrell are joined by Tim Keller, founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church and author of Hope in Times of Fear. They discuss the following questions: What is happening in the church culture because of COVID? How have you encouraged pastors in this season? Are there any books that you went back to during this time? What is a story of a leadership failure in your life? Moving out of COVID and toward establishing a normal rhythm, what advice do you have? BEST QUOTES “COVID is probably accelerating the waning of the middle class.” “The reality is there is going to be an economic inequality that is being accelerated, and that is going to have a big impact on the church.” “The churches that are doing well need to give to the famine struck churches.” “The extremes are very empowered, when you go online you get the impression there isn’t anything in the middle.” “The small churches will probably retain everybody, the big churches will be fine, the medium group is going to have to really rethink it from the ground up.” “God doesn’t go from strength to strength, He goes through weakness to strength.” “What’s so debilitating about this year is that no one is getting any wins.” “If you spend twice as much time seeking the Lord’s face, He actually is there.” “If there are some ways in which your church is experiencing deaths – literally or figuratively – there’s the resurrection on the other side you’ve got to seek God for.” “Just because you are good at your job doesn’t mean you are good at leading an organization that does that job.” “The biggest advantage of leadership planning is not the plan, but the process of planning and how it enriches you and gets you ready for the future.” “Even if you have a plan, the process of the planning is more viable than the plan because the future will never be quite what you thought, but you will be in a position to move much more quickly.” RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Lifeway.com/CoronaVirus Hope in Times of Fear by Timothy Keller Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ by John Owens Communion with God by John Owens The Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks This Episode’s Sponsor: No matter how many people you have on staff at your church, there’s only so much you can accomplish in a day, right? Your church exists to serve your community, so the mission of your church and its staff is to reach as many people as you can. So BELAY, the innovative staffing solution with over 10 years of experience serving churches with virtual assistants, bookkeepers and social media strategists, is offering a free download of their resource, ‘Church Leaders: Essential Strategies to Unleash Productivity.’ Let BELAY help your church live its mission in your community by helping you juggle less and accomplish more. Visit belaysolutions.com/lifeway for your free download.
Transcribe →5LQ Episode 417: Tim Keller
Mar 24, 2020Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Chandler Vannoy are joined by Tim Keller, founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan and author of The Reason for God, The Prodigal God, and the How to Find God Series. They discuss how lessons learned while serving in New York City after 9/11 can be helpful in response to the current COVID-19 situation. BEST QUOTES "Right now, a lot of our cultural idols are being smashed.""How do we minimize the damage of this situation to our ministries and also how do we capitalize on the situation to minister?""This is not like the 2008 recession. This is not like 9/11 in New York City. These are all somewhat unique, but they are all cataclysmic.""After 9/11, we knew that 14,000 small business went away overnight and all the people that worked their lost their livelihood. We put out word that if you could prove you worked there we could help.""It's going to take time, but be looking for ways to step in and if you are praying for it, the Lord will show them to you." RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Lifeway.com/CoronaVirus The Reason for God by Tim Keller The Prodigal God by Tim Keller Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller On Birth: How to Find God #1 by Timothy Keller On Marriage: How to Find God #2 by Timothy Keller and Kathy Keller On Death: How to Find God #3 by Timothy Keller TimothyKeller.com GospelInLife.com Living by Faith in Troubled Times The Triumph of the Therapeutic by Philip Rieff Sources of the Self by Charles Taylor A Secular Age by Charles Taylor Habits of the Heart by Robert Bellah After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre Whose Justice? Which Rationality? by Alasdair MacIntyre How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler Marxism and Morality by Steven Lukes The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller with Kathy Keller Jesus, Justice, and Gender Roles by Kathy Keller Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis This episode's sponsor: For more than 25 years, Portable Church® has helped thousands of churches launch strong and thrive in a mobile setting. They design custom solutions that fit each budget, vision, and venue. Everything you need to launch a mobile church — an inviting worship space, kids ministry areas, welcome spaces, storage cases, etc — all in a system refined to make it fast, easy & fun for the weekly volunteer teams.
Transcribe →5LQ Episode 280: Brad Waggoner
Sep 27, 2018Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Brad Waggoner, Executive Vice President at Lifeway Christian Resources. During their conversation, they discuss reasons to make tough personnel decisions and looking back at family leadership. BEST QUOTES "There is a sea of information that flows by us at rapid pace." "Men and methods come and go, but the mission stays the same." "I almost like finding problems, because it means you get better." "I think one mistake that leaders make is misplaced compassion." "The more experience I've gained, the less I'm worried about the fallout." "I try to be intentional about who should I be initiating time with." "I try to read or listen to audiobooks daily." "I did not cultivate emotional intimacy in the home." "If I could go back to my 20-year-old self would I say, "lower your expectations of others?" Because I've been disappointed at well-known leaders who pick and choose the parts of the Bible they want to talk about." "I spent two days alone with God, fasting and praying. I needed to know, "God, what do you want from me?" RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Pipeline 2018 Conference The Leadership Engine by Noel Tichy Harvard Business Review Wall Street Journal A Seat at the Table by Mark Schwartz Cornerstones by Brian Dembowczyk No Silver Bullets by Daniel Im The Shape of Faith to Come by Brad Waggoner My Top 20 Leadership Books Brad Waggoner Good to Great. Jim Collins The Speed of Trust. Stephen Covey, Jr. The Top 10 Mistakes Leaders Make. Hans Finzel Spiritual Leadership. J. Oswald Sanders Working with Emotional Intelligence. Daniel Goleman The Leadership Challenge. James Kouzes and Barry Posner (5thedition) Leading Change. John Kotter Making Peace: A Guide to Overcoming Church Conflict. Jim Van Yperen The Peacemaker. Ken Sande The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Patrick Lencioni Strategy 3.0. Stephen R. Graves The Ideal Team Player. Patrick Lencioni Necessary Endings. Henry Cloud Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Stephen Covey The Making of a Christian Leader. Ted Engstrom The Effective Executive. Peter Drucker Lincoln on Leadership. Donald Phillips The Four Disciplines of Execution. McChesney, Covey, Huling Dedication and Leadership. Douglas Hyde The Painful Side of Leadership. Jeff Iorg
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