As someone who is about to begin teaching a course on The Minister and his Ministry, I’m so glad to be able to commend a book like this to my students. Most books on pastoral ministry take a thematic or topical approach and proof text their points from all over Scripture. The strength of A Portrait of Paul is it’s exegetical foundation; while referring to other Scriptures, it concentrates on expounding eleven verses in Colossians.
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Jeremy Walker at The Wanderer is doing the church valuable service by his ongoing collection and summarizing of pastoral theology resources here. He’s up to the letter D. Stay tuned as he works his way through the alphabet.
A few weeks ago, one of my students asked me for a list of the 20 most influential books in my ministry, with a view to getting these books before returning to his home nation. Here’s what I came up…
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Title: Thriving at College Author: Alex Chediak (Christian college professor) Publisher: Tyndale House Price: $10.19 (paperback), $1.99 (Kindle) Aim: To help students improve their college experience Topics: Holding on to faith, managing finances, healthy relationships, time-management, godly character, assuming responsibility,…
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Steven Smith’s Dying to Preach is one of the most uncomfortable books on preaching I’ve ever read. It is also one of the best, especially for those who have been preaching for a few years. Don’t read this book if you are…
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Robert A. Fryling, The Leadership Ellipse, IVP: Formatio, 2010, 221 pages. Carmen Bernos de Gasztold wrote a collection of poems, The Creature’s Choir, in which she put prayers in the mouths of animals and birds. Robert Fryling’s favorite is “The…
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