In Preparing Sermons from the Page to the Pulpit: Exegesis to Exposition in Seven Steps, Wayne Baxter helps pastors move from study to sermon. In seven steps, preachers are guided to take their exegetical analysis of a Scripture passage and turn it into an effective expository sermon. During our interview below, Baxter shares how he
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Read moreThe Collected Christian Essentials: Catechism: An Interview with Todd R. Hains
Todd R. Hains is the editor of The Collected Christian Essentials Catechism: A Guide to the Ten Commandments, the Apostles’ Creed, and the Lord’s Prayer. This book is perfect for daily devotions, personal study, and prayer with others. The catechism— the Ten Commandments, the Apostles’ Creed, and the Lord’s Prayer—has sustained and nurtured every generation
Read moreChurch Music: For the Care of Souls: An Interview with Phillip Magness
In Church Music: For the Care of Souls, Phillip Magness helps the church to recover the primary instrument in worship: congregational voices. During our interview detailed below, Magness shares how “The Lord has given us a song to sing, a community to sing with, and all the talent we really need to proclaim the story of
Read morePastor, You Belong to Jesus
October is Pastor Appreciation Month and many pastors and ministry leaders are facing burnout and exhaustion, feeling the weight of their job responsibilities. Watch this encouraging message from Pastor and author Jeremy Writebol and read an excerpt from his book, Pastor, Jesus Is Enough, challenging pastors to rely on Jesus’ sufficiency, not their own.
Read moreA Quiet Mind to Suffer With: An Interview with John Andrew Bryant
As Bryant notes, A Quiet Mind to Suffer With, is “The story of Christ’s nearness to my own suffering…and how Christ will use even our agony and despair to turn us into servants and guests of the mercy offered in his gospel.” Below, we talk deeper into A Quiet Mind to Suffer With and Bryant’s
Read moreFinding Assurance with Thomas Goodwin: An Interview with Andrew S. Ballitch
In Finding Assurance with Thomas Goodwin, Andrew S. Ballitch explores how deeply the doctrine of assurance of faith impacted Goodwin’s life and how Christians can learn from him today. In this interview, we discuss how Goodwin provides a “fantastic lifeline of help” to Christians seeking assurance—and we learn Ballitch is a Jiu Jitsu instructor! Lexham
Read moreEvangelism for the Care of Souls: An Interview with Sean McGever
In Evangelism: For the Care of Souls, Sean McGever reminds ministers that announcing—and reannouncing—the good news of Jesus is central to pastoral care. In this brief interview with McGever, we discuss the reasoning behind writing the book. Lexham Press: What is the story behind Evangelism: For the Care of Souls and what is the basic thesis?
Read moreA Book for Burned-Out Pastors: An Interview with Jeremy Writebol
Today, many pastors and ministry leaders are facing burnout and exhaustion, feeling the weight of their job responsibilities. Pastor and author Jeremy Writebol wrote Pastor, Jesus is Enough to challenge and encourage pastors to rely on sufficiency, not their own. In the following interview, Jeremy Writebol talks about his goals in writing the book, speaking
Read moreThe Challenge of Pastoral Ethics Today
In this excerpt from Pastoral Ethics: Moral Formation as Life in the Trinity, W. Ross Hastings summarizes the current difficulties confronting pastoral ethics and emphasizes the subject’s theological grounding. There are many reasons why pastoral ethics is an excruciatingly challenging subject in this era of human history. First, the matter of the moral formation of
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