The Unnecessary Pastor: Rediscovering the CallBest-selling authors Marva Dawn and Eugene Peterson offer encouragement to pastors. Pastors are strategically placed to counter the culture. No other profession looks so inoffensive but is in fact so dangerous to the status quo. Their weapon? A gospel that is profoundly countercultural. But standing firm in today's world isn't easy. Powerful forces, both subtle and obvious, attempt to domesticate pastors, to make them, in a word, unnecessary. In this book, two of today's most respected authors help pastors recover their gospel identity and maintain a pure vision of Christian leadership. Marva Dawn and Eugene Peterson reconnect pastors with the biblical texts that will train them as countercultural servants of the gospel. Marva Dawn looks to Paul's letter to the Ephesians for instruction for churches seeking to live faithfully in today's world. In turn, Eugene Peterson explores Romans, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus, drawing from them the correct view of pastoral identity. |
Contents
Preludes to Rediscovery | |
The Call to Be a Living Doxology | |
Finishing Up in Rome | |
The Call to Triumph over the Principalities and Powers | |
Taking Over in Ephesus | |
The Call to Be Formed and Transformed by the Spirit of | |
Starting Out in Crete | |
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The Unnecessary Pastor: Rediscovering the Call Marva J. Dawn,Eugene H. Peterson No preview available - 2000 |
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