Preacher and Pastor
The Christian Ministry by Charles Bridges 390 pages Banner of Truth (2006, first published 1830) This book is a must-read for ministers....
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Feed the Sheep
The Work of the Pastor by William Still 152 pages Christian Focus (2001, first published 1984) For William Still the essence of pastoral...
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Pastoring and Poetry
The Contemplative Pastor by Eugene Peterson 171 pages Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (1989) More than twenty years of pastoring left...
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Agrarian Pastoral Theology
What Are People For? by Wendell Berry 210 pages North Point Press (1990) In this Mars Hill Audio conversation Eugene Peterson directs...
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Reformation Pastoral Theology
Concerning the True Care of Souls by Martin Bucer 218 pages Banner of Truth (2009) Martin Bucer was the de facto leader of the Protestant...
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The Gospel Ministry by Thomas Foxcroft
Foxcroft was pastor of First Congregational Church in Boston from 1717 until his death in 1769. His Calvinist and puritan sensibilities...
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Missions in the New Millenia
Al Mohler is one of the most reliable and helpful Christian thinkers of our time. On his blog today, he reprinted a post from 2006 on...
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Shakespeare's Bible
Leland Ryken, Professor of English at Wheaton College, has written a fascinating essay on Shakespeare, the Genevan Bible, and...
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Why Johnny Can't Preach by T. David Gordon
While it is certainly true that preaching contains some subjective elements, Gordon seeks to demonstrate the abysmal state of preaching...
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Ken Myers on the Danger of Cultural Accomodation
Myers’ thesis in this piece is that the goal of Christian maturity is undermined when church leaders become preoccupied by cultural...
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A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson
As I preached through these Psalms of Ascents myself, I read several commentaries. This particular work provided some keen insights into...
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Home by Marilynne Robinson
In my opinion Robinson succeeds in this monumental undertaking of retelling the same story from a different point-of-view. She succeeds...
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