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Topic: Pastoral Ministry
Format: Softcover Book
Pages: 150ISBN: 0805426205
Publisher: Broadman & Holman
Product Code: BBRO
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Brothers, We Are Not ProfessionalsA Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry The aim of these thirty short exhortations to pastors is to spread a radical, pastoral passion for the supremacy and centrality of Jesus Christ in every sphere of life and ministry and culture. Increasingly, a ministry under the banner of Christ's supremacy is offensive to the impulses of professional clergy who like to be quoted respectably by the local newspaper. The title of this book is meant to shake us loose from the pressure to fit in to the cultural expectations of professionalism. Satisfaction for our aching souls — and our hungry churches and the waiting nations — flows not from the perks of professional excellence but from the pleasures of spiritual communion with the crucified and risen Christ. John Piper is jealous to spread this joy to (and through) his fellow pastors, which is why he says, "Brothers, we are not professionals." Named among the "10 Best Books Every Preacher Should Read" in the January/February issue of Preaching Magazine. More Information
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
- Brothers, We Are Not Professionals
- Brothers, God Loves His Glory
- Brothers, God Is Love
- Brothers, Live and Preach Justification by Faith
- Brothers, Beware of the Debtor's Ethic
- Brothers, Tell Them Not to Serve God
- Brothers, Consider Christian Hedonism
- Brothers, Let Us Pray
- Brothers, Beware of Sacred Substitutes
- Brothers, Fight for your life
- Brothers, Let Us Query the Text
- Brothers, Bitzer Was a Banker
- Brothers, Read Christian Biography
- Brothers, Show Your People Why God Inspired Hard Texts
- Brothers, Save the Saints
- Brothers, We Must Feel the Truth of Hell
- Brothers, Lead Them to Repentance through Their Pleasure
- Brothers, Magnify the Meaning of Baptism
- Brothers, Our Affliction Is for Their Comfort
- Brothers, Let the River Run Deep
- Brothers, Don't Fight Flesh Tanks With Peashooter Regulations
- Brothers, Don't Confuse Uncertainty with Humility
- Brothers, Tell Them Copper Will Do
- Brothers, Help Your People Hold On and Minister in Calamity
- Brothers, Give Them God's Passion for Missions
- Brothers, Sever the Root of Racism
- Brothers, Blow the Trumpet for the Unborn
- Brothers, Focus on the Essence of Worship, Not the Form
- Brothers, Love Your Wives
- Brothers, Pray for the Seminaries
Index of Scriptures
Index of Persons
Index of Subjects
Testimonies
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