Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry
By John Piper
Read by Adam Verner
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ISBN: 9798200517534
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ISBN: 9798200517541
| Runtime: | 9.66 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Religion |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
In this revised and expanded edition of Brothers, We Are Not Professionals that includes a new introduction and select all-new chapters, best-selling author John Piper pleads through a series of thoughtful essays with fellow pastors to abandon the professionalization of the pastorate and pursue the prophetic call of the Bible for radical ministry.“We pastors are being killed by the professionalizing of the pastoral ministry,” he writes. “The mentality of the professional is not the mentality of the prophet. It is not the mentality of the slave of Christ. Professionalism has nothing to do with the essence and heart of the Christian ministry. The more professional we long to be, the more spiritual death we will leave in our wake. For there is no professional childlikeness, there is no professional tenderheartedness, there is no professional panting after God.“Brothers, we are not professionals. We are outcasts. We are aliens and exiles in the world. Our citizenship is in Heaven, and we wait with eager expectation for the Lord (Phil. 3:20). you cannot professionalize the love for His appearing without killing it. And it is being killed. “The world sets the agenda of the professional man; God sets the agenda of the spiritual man. The strong wine of Jesus Christ explodes the wine- skins of professionalism.”Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“It was the kindness of God which led me to stumble across this book in
my first year of pastoral ministry. I remember vividly kneeling at my
bedside in tears, feeling so rebuked and so encouraged at the same
time. I loved this book then and, with several new chapters, I love it
even more now. I hope every pastor reads this book and listens to its
sane, practical, biblical advice.”
—Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor of University Reformed Church and author of The Hole in our Holiness
“I read Brothers, We Are Not Professionals when it first came out a
decade ago, and have returned to portions of it repeatedly, for
examination, encouragement and exhortation.”
—Ligon Duncan, senior minister, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi
“John Piper is a pastor to pastors. His love for them and his desire to
see them faithfully fulfill their calling leaps from each chapter of
this book. It will challenge you. It will instruct you. And most of
all, it will encourage you as you shepherd God’s flock which He has
entrusted to your care.”
—Daniel L. Akin
“Once again, Dr. Piper has provided a generation of pastors with a clear
and profound statement on our calling, and his legacy of biblical
faithfulness and commitment to God’s glory is felt in every chapter.”
—Matt Carter
“May the Holy Spirit use this book to help ignite the next generation with a passion to deny themselves and take up their crosses to serve Christ and his sheep from every tribe, tongue, and nation.” —Burke Parsons, pastor, Saint Andrew’s Chapel, Lake Mary, Florida
“I cannot commend [Brothers, We Are Not Professionals] highly enough.” —JD Greear, lead pastor, the Summit Church, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
Author
Author Bio: John Piper
John Piper (DTheol, University of Munich) is the founder and teacher of DesiringGod.org and the chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God, Don’t Waste Your Life, This Momentary Marriage, A Peculiar Glory, and Reading the Bible Supernaturally.
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| Available Formats : | Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Religion |
| Runtime: | 9.66 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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