Lead On Podcast

How is your understanding of discipleship reflected in your church's educational structure? Rather than focusing on specific curricula, Dr. Iorg suggests developing a strategic approach to building your church's educational ministry.

In this episode Dr. Iorg discusses how to leverage different perspectives in your ministry. Learning to lead with others accelerates leadership influence, improves decision making, and makes it possible to lead change more effectively.

The old problem of Christian factionalism is expressed in new ways in the age of social media. This week Dr. Iorg discusses how Christians can relate to prominent leaders in a healthy way while avoiding childish division.

In this episode, Dr. Iorg confronts common ministry myths he has heard from pastors during the last 35 years.

Ministry leaders must have a vision for the future. Dr. Iorg discusses how a spiritual perspective, a community perspective, and a factual perspective all work together when planning for the future.

Becoming a Christian does not preclude competing at a high level. In fact, Christian athletes should be the most competitive athletes - models of focused intensity for their teammates and peers. In this episode Dr. Iorg discusses the role competition...

Continuing his series on breaking out of the Christian subculutre, Dr. Iorg addresses barriers leaders face when bringing the gospel into the culture around us.

The longer we lead the more isolated from lost people we become and the more difficult it becomes to evangelize. Dr. Iorg describes what it means to infiltrate a community with the gospel and how to meaningfully engage a non-Christian community.

The gospel is for all people, especially common people like the shepherds of the nativity story. Dr. Iorg shows how we can learn to receive and share the gospel from these men.

After describing the personal background to his stance on alcohol, Dr. Iorg asks other ministry leaders to abstain. He discusses the role deference, stewardship, leading by example, and safety play in encouraging a lifestyle without alcohol.

In baptism we publicly proclaim the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus to those witnessing the act. In baptism we present ourselves to the community as a Christ follower. How does the significance of baptism effect a ministry leader's...

Dr. Iorg discusses effective preaching during the Christmas season, providing suggestions, illustrations and some "do's-and-don'ts" to think through as you prepare for the holidays.

While we all have a tendency to drift towards worry, practicing the discipline of gratitude releases anxiety and gives a sense of peace.

While leaders are important, followers are really the ones who get the work done. In this episode, Dr. Iorg asks leaders to "think like a follower."

In the second episode of this two-part series, Dr. Iorg focuses on preaching through controversial issues. Dr. Iorg provides a top ten list of checkpoints to strengthen your communication in these areas.

In the first episode of this two-part series, Dr. Iorg provides a framework by which leaders can responsibly deal with complex issues.

Why should leaders read? Dr. Iorg discusses the importance of a lifelong habit of reading to both shape you spiritually and improve your communication.

Can you teach wisdom? Dr. Iorg biblically examines the question and provides practical ways leaders can grow in wisdom.

Why should you pursue seminary training? Dr. Iorg discusses the benefits and shortcomings of both formal and informal training and evaluates the unique educational opportunity that seminary offers.

One ministry myth is that being a pastor is detrimental to your family. While that can be true, it doesn't have to be. Dr. Iorg provides helpful ways your family can flourish while serving in ministry.

Dr. Iorg evaluates current definitions for and expectations of discipleship and offers some corrections about what the process of discipleship looks like.

Dr. Iorg examines current worship service trends and the importance of asking people to respond in a worship service, including why the opportunity for a public response has been neglected in contemporary services.

What do you do after you fail? Dr. Iorg provides practical ways for leaders to move forward after a leadership failure.

What does it mean to be a leader who is always learning and yet remains convictional? In this podcast Dr. Iorg discusses how ministry leaders can responsibly change their minds.

While there is nothing wrong with attraction and engagement strategies, Dr. Iorg discusses some of their weakness and the alternative strategy of infiltration. Dr. Iorg defines an infiltration strategy as the deployment of believers throughout the...