In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins talks with Max Lucado, a preaching pastor at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio and world-renowned author of more than 30 books which have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. For more than 30 years Max has preached hope and restoration to the hurting and discouraged. He has modeled humility and grace, and we are thrilled to have him on the podcast.

BEST QUOTES

“Too often we look back to glory days and don’t look forward and think we can have those again.”

“The Bible shows us what God did but also what God does.”

“The local church is a sleeping giant.”

“Everywhere I go, if I can keep a teachable spirit, God will use people where I am.”

“If you hire from within your church you need to prepare the person you hire for not having their weekends.”

“The biggest cause of burnout for people we hire out of seminary is that they just don’t realize the impact of losing their weekends.”

“If you don’t have a succession plan you’re setting your church up to fail.”

“I really feel like I’ve been a good steward if the church is doing better when I’m gone.”

“Chemistry, Character, and Competency are the three Cs you look for when you either promote or hire.”

“Anytime we have something clarified and on a document we have that tool we can pull into the conversation and say ‘we agreed on this now we’ve got to stick to it.’”

“You’re asking for trouble if you don’t have a really clear organizational structure.”

“A good leader is a good pastor of his family.”

“Nobody knows you better than your family.”

“Keep leaning into God’s grace every day of your life.”

“I love getting to preach but I don’t deserve having anyone listen to me. I’m just grateful.”

“If we waited until we had our lives all together to share the gospel we’d never share the gospel.”

“The fatal mistake is when we begin to believe we really are what people say we are.”

“As long as we remember that it is by God’s grace and only by God’s grace that we have anything to say then we’re even more motivated to speak.”

“When we begin to believe we deserve this platform that’s one of the last steps before trouble.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Glory Days by Max Lucado

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