5 Leadership Questions Podcast on Church Leadership with Todd Adkins and Dan Iten

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Nick Vujicic, and internationally known speaker and evangelist. Nick was born, with no medical explanation, without arms or legs, yet this challenge is precisely what God has used to put him in a position to minister to hundreds of thousands around the globe. Nick is the author of several books and the founder of a non profit ministry called Life Without Limbs dedicated to sharing the hope and freedom found only in Jesus.

BEST QUOTES

“A lot of the evil in the world stems from someone believing they are more important than someone else.”

“When you don’t get a miracle God still has a plan.”

“It’s hard for a man to disassociate the relationship between what we do for God and him loving us.”

“As you get to know Christ you become more like him.”

“I don’t want what I want. I want what God wants.”

“Do you want arms and legs or do you want to see more souls living for eternity?”

“Leadership, to me, is being a member of the team.”

“There’s no safer place to be than where God puts you.”

“I choose to see God’s grace instead of a wish list.”

“People who support any ministry will meet people in heaven who are there because of their support.”

“Communication is a great quality of leadership.”

“Never give up on God because od will not give up on you.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

LifeWithoutLimbs.org

Raising The Perfectly Imperfect Child by Boris Vujicic

Life Without Limits

We’d like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those who cannot relocate to North Carolina to study.

Apply now to begin your theological education at Southeastern. Use the code 5LQ to receive a discount on your application for any degree.

Vist SEBTS.edu/5LQ.

In this Episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins sits down with Eric Geiger and Daniel Im to discuss the oft-asked question: Are leaders born or made? Is it more nature or nurture that determines whether a person will be a great leader? They talk through the ingredients of leadership and what it is, exactly, that determines the effectiveness of a person's leadership.

* In general, is leadership more a matter of nature (inherent skills/personality) or nurture (learned abilities and habits)?

* Which aspects of leadership can be learned and which are inherent traits?

* Based on this, can anyone be a leader or are some people simply incapable?

* How does the task of leadership development differ for those up and coming leaders who are “naturals” and those are more learners.

* What are the unique strengths and weaknesses of “natural” leaders and of learned leaders?

BEST QUOTES

“The type of leader you are is more nature. The effectiveness of your leadership is more nurture.”

“Sometimes a trial is what God uses to nurture us.”

“You’ll be the same person except for the books you read, the people you meet, and the places you travel.”

“Nurture has to happen differently based on a person’s nature.”

“Encouragement sometimes looks like a pat on the back and sometimes it looks like a kick in the pants.”

“Leadership is made up by a certain ineffable something that is between the people skills and getting stuff done.”

“If someone had all the fruits of the Spirit they would be emotionally intelligent.”

“God uses all different personality types and giftings to lead people.”

“Character is the first requirement for leadership above ability.”

“Everyone should be able to lead themselves.”

“We need to be careful not promote people beyond their level of competence or their level of character.”

“Great leadership development is going to be tailored to the individual.”

“You will limit your potential for growth if you don’t put yourself in positions to be stretched.”

“If they are not developed natural leaders will be entitled and will lose drive.”

“Leaders, if you think no one can take your place you are admitting to being a horrible leader.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Great by Choice by Jim Collins

Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders

Talent is Over Rated by Geoff Colvin

We'd like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those who cannot relocate to North Carolina to study.

Apply now to begin your theological education at Southeastern. Use the code 5LQ to receive a discount on your application for any degree.

Vist SEBTS.edu/5LQ.

In this Episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins sits down with Eric Geiger and Daniel Im to discuss the oft-asked question: Are leaders born or made? Is it more nature or nurture that determines whether a person will be a great leader? They talk through the ingredients of leadership and what it is, exactly, that determines the effectiveness of a person’s leadership.

* In general, is leadership more a matter of nature (inherent skills/personality) or nurture (learned abilities and habits)?

* Which aspects of leadership can be learned and which are inherent traits?

* Based on this, can anyone be a leader or are some people simply incapable?

* How does the task of leadership development differ for those up and coming leaders who are “naturals” and those are more learners.

* What are the unique strengths and weaknesses of “natural” leaders and of learned leaders?

BEST QUOTES

“The type of leader you are is more nature. The effectiveness of your leadership is more nurture.”

“Sometimes a trial is what God uses to nurture us.”

“You’ll be the same person except for the books you read, the people you meet, and the places you travel.”

“Nurture has to happen differently based on a person’s nature.”

“Encouragement sometimes looks like a pat on the back and sometimes it looks like a kick in the pants.”

“Leadership is made up by a certain ineffable something that is between the people skills and getting stuff done.”

“If someone had all the fruits of the Spirit they would be emotionally intelligent.”

“God uses all different personality types and giftings to lead people.”

“Character is the first requirement for leadership above ability.”

“Everyone should be able to lead themselves.”

“We need to be careful not promote people beyond their level of competence or their level of character.”

“Great leadership development is going to be tailored to the individual.”

“You will limit your potential for growth if you don’t put yourself in positions to be stretched.”

“If they are not developed natural leaders will be entitled and will lose drive.”

“Leaders, if you think no one can take your place you are admitting to being a horrible leader.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Great by Choice by Jim Collins

Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders

Talent is Over Rated by Geoff Colvin

We’d like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those who cannot relocate to North Carolina to study.

Apply now to begin your theological education at Southeastern. Use the code 5LQ to receive a discount on your application for any degree.

Vist SEBTS.edu/5LQ.

In this Episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins sits down with Eric Geiger and Daniel Im to discuss the oft-asked question: Are leaders born or made? Is it more nature or nurture that determines whether a person will be a great leader? They talk through the ingredients of leadership and what it is, exactly, that determines the effectiveness of a person’s leadership.

* In general, is leadership more a matter of nature (inherent skills/personality) or nurture (learned abilities and habits)?

* Which aspects of leadership can be learned and which are inherent traits?

* Based on this, can anyone be a leader or are some people simply incapable?

* How does the task of leadership development differ for those up and coming leaders who are “naturals” and those are more learners.

* What are the unique strengths and weaknesses of “natural” leaders and of learned leaders?

BEST QUOTES

“The type of leader you are is more nature. The effectiveness of your leadership is more nurture.”

“Sometimes a trial is what God uses to nurture us.”

“You’ll be the same person except for the books you read, the people you meet, and the places you travel.”

“Nurture has to happen differently based on a person’s nature.”

“Encouragement sometimes looks like a pat on the back and sometimes it looks like a kick in the pants.”

“Leadership is made up by a certain ineffable something that is between the people skills and getting stuff done.”

“If someone had all the fruits of the Spirit they would be emotionally intelligent.”

“God uses all different personality types and giftings to lead people.”

“Character is the first requirement for leadership above ability.”

“Everyone should be able to lead themselves.”

“We need to be careful not promote people beyond their level of competence or their level of character.”

“Great leadership development is going to be tailored to the individual.”

“You will limit your potential for growth if you don’t put yourself in positions to be stretched.”

“If they are not developed natural leaders will be entitled and will lose drive.”

“Leaders, if you think no one can take your place you are admitting to being a horrible leader.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Great by Choice by Jim Collins

Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders

Talent is Over Rated by Geoff Colvin

We’d like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those who cannot relocate to North Carolina to study.

Apply now to begin your theological education at Southeastern. Use the code 5LQ to receive a discount on your application for any degree.

Vist SEBTS.edu/5LQ.

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Pete Scazzero, the author of The Emotionally Healthy Leader and a number of other books. Pete is the founding pastor of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, New York and his ministry, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, has impacted and restored numerous church leaders across the country. In fact, that's why we wanted Pete on the podcast - the number of previous guests who had mentioned his impact on them. The conversation in this episode is rich and personal and digs into some of the greatest under-the-surface-challenges of leadership.

BEST QUOTES

“The North American church doesn’t do discipleship very well, if at all.”

“We have so many people who believe, who serve, but their lives aren’t all about Christ.”

“It’s easy to have cheap belief right now.”

“We’re trying to have our American life of comfort, and we squeeze Jesus in.”

“Who you are is more important than what you do.”

“Our shadows are often unconscious, those less-than-pure motives we have.”

“Everybody has to look at how their past is negatively affecting their present.”

“Very often we’re stuck going forward because of stuff in the past we don’t want to look at.”

“I need to love my limits and discern God in them.”

“What is most important and what are the limits God has places around me I need to submit to?”

“Limits are a gift and an obstacle.”

“Our oneness in marriage is a reflection of Jesus oneness with the Church.”

“I don’t believe you can do transformation in the church unless you disciple marriages.”

“Marrieds need singles; singles need marrieds.”

“Great success in your early years is potentially a disaster for young leaders because you don’t have the inner life to support it.”

“It’s not how you preach, it’s who you are that comes out in a sermon.”

“If you’re a leader in your 20s take that time to do inner work.”

“You want to build an inner life deep and let God build his thing up and wide over time.”

“You learn by failure; you don’t learn by successes.”

“There’s clean pain and there’s stupid pain.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

EmotionallyHealthy.org

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

The Emotionally Healthy Church

The Emotionally Healthy Leader

The Making of a Leader by Robert Clinton

We'd like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those who cannot relocate to North Carolina to study.

Apply now to begin your theological education at Southeastern. Use the code 5LQ to receive a discount on your application for any degree.

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Pete Scazzero, the author of The Emotionally Healthy Leader and a number of other books. Pete is the founding pastor of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, New York and his ministry, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, has impacted and restored numerous church leaders across the country. In fact, that’s why we wanted Pete on the podcast – the number of previous guests who had mentioned his impact on them. The conversation in this episode is rich and personal and digs into some of the greatest under-the-surface-challenges of leadership.

BEST QUOTES

“The North American church doesn’t do discipleship very well, if at all.”

“We have so many people who believe, who serve, but their lives aren’t all about Christ.”

“It’s easy to have cheap belief right now.”

“We’re trying to have our American life of comfort, and we squeeze Jesus in.”

“Who you are is more important than what you do.”

“Our shadows are often unconscious, those less-than-pure motives we have.”

“Everybody has to look at how their past is negatively affecting their present.”

“Very often we’re stuck going forward because of stuff in the past we don’t want to look at.”

“I need to love my limits and discern God in them.”

“What is most important and what are the limits God has places around me I need to submit to?”

“Limits are a gift and an obstacle.”

“Our oneness in marriage is a reflection of Jesus oneness with the Church.”

“I don’t believe you can do transformation in the church unless you disciple marriages.”

“Marrieds need singles; singles need marrieds.”

“Great success in your early years is potentially a disaster for young leaders because you don’t have the inner life to support it.”

“It’s not how you preach, it’s who you are that comes out in a sermon.”

“If you’re a leader in your 20s take that time to do inner work.”

“You want to build an inner life deep and let God build his thing up and wide over time.”

“You learn by failure; you don’t learn by successes.”

“There’s clean pain and there’s stupid pain.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

EmotionallyHealthy.org

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

The Emotionally Healthy Church

The Emotionally Healthy Leader

The Making of a Leader by Robert Clinton

We’d like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those who cannot relocate to North Carolina to study.

Apply now to begin your theological education at Southeastern. Use the code 5LQ to receive a discount on your application for any degree.

Vist SEBTS.edu/5LQ.

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Pete Scazzero, the author of The Emotionally Healthy Leader and a number of other books. Pete is the founding pastor of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, New York and his ministry, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, has impacted and restored numerous church leaders across the country. In fact, that’s why we wanted Pete on the podcast – the number of previous guests who had mentioned his impact on them. The conversation in this episode is rich and personal and digs into some of the greatest under-the-surface-challenges of leadership.

BEST QUOTES

“The North American church doesn’t do discipleship very well, if at all.”

“We have so many people who believe, who serve, but their lives aren’t all about Christ.”

“It’s easy to have cheap belief right now.”

“We’re trying to have our American life of comfort, and we squeeze Jesus in.”

“Who you are is more important than what you do.”

“Our shadows are often unconscious, those less-than-pure motives we have.”

“Everybody has to look at how their past is negatively affecting their present.”

“Very often we’re stuck going forward because of stuff in the past we don’t want to look at.”

“I need to love my limits and discern God in them.”

“What is most important and what are the limits God has places around me I need to submit to?”

“Limits are a gift and an obstacle.”

“Our oneness in marriage is a reflection of Jesus oneness with the Church.”

“I don’t believe you can do transformation in the church unless you disciple marriages.”

“Marrieds need singles; singles need marrieds.”

“Great success in your early years is potentially a disaster for young leaders because you don’t have the inner life to support it.”

“It’s not how you preach, it’s who you are that comes out in a sermon.”

“If you’re a leader in your 20s take that time to do inner work.”

“You want to build an inner life deep and let God build his thing up and wide over time.”

“You learn by failure; you don’t learn by successes.”

“There’s clean pain and there’s stupid pain.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

EmotionallyHealthy.org

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

The Emotionally Healthy Church

The Emotionally Healthy Leader

The Making of a Leader by Robert Clinton

We’d like to thank our sponsor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. SEBTS is always asking the question, “Where are you going?” They want to equip pastors, missionaries, theologians, scholars and more to obey the commands of Jesus to make disciples anywhere and everywhere God calls them to go. Wherever students are going, Southeastern can help them get there. Southeastern Seminary has a wide range of degrees at many levels and all M.Div. programs now have a stronger core curriculum to better equip students biblically, theologically and practically for their current and future ministries. In addition to a stronger core, the total number of hours required to complete an M.Div. has been reduced to 81-84. They even offer distance education options for those who cannot relocate to North Carolina to study.

Apply now to begin your theological education at Southeastern. Use the code 5LQ to receive a discount on your application for any degree.

Vist SEBTS.edu/5LQ.

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Kevin Spratt to discuss why it's so important for leaders to be followers and what are ways they can do that. They ask the following questions.

* Why must leaders know how to follow in order to be able to lead effectively?

* Who do leaders follow since they are in positions of leadership?

* What happens to leaders who won’t follow?

* How can a leader self-evaluate to see if they are a good follower?

* What steps can leaders take to be good followers?

BEST QUOTES

“In order to lead one must be able to follow.”

“It’s great to learn from books and awesome podcast, but you need to follow in someone’s footsteps.”

“You can’t graduate from graduate school without having led anyone or anything and expect to walk into an organization and lead well.”

“You can’t go pastor a church if you’ve never led.”

“It’s easy to forget where you have been.”

“Following gives an opportunity for empathy.”

“Leaders need to know how to follow now jut have followed in the past.”

“We should have people on our teams who are better at something than we are.”

“You can follow somebody in something without following them whole hog.”

“Put yourself in a learning posture.”

“Every Christian leader should be under the leadership of their church.”

“You limit yourself as a leader if you’re not following. You will not become the leader you could be.”

“Micro-managing is a day-to-day symptom of tyranny.”

“Tyranny is ultimately what happens when leaders won’t follow.”

“A leader who doesn’t follow is more likely to crumble and burn out.”

“Ask yourself ‘who am I following?’”

“What percentage of what I am doing is developing others?”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

MyLeadershipPipeline.com

leadership.lifeway.com