A Year of Books on Pastoring

Andrew Fuller on Being a Pastor

Dec 17, 2019 4 min read A Year of Books on Pastoring

I set out this year to read, with others, six books on pastoring. I wanted a mix of old and new material, but it never occurred to me to include a set of

The Pastor’s Justification

Oct 29, 2019 3 min read A Year of Books on Pastoring

At the end of a long day, I read these words from Jared Wilson’s book The Pastor’s Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry: Jesus Christ alone

The Work of the Pastor

Aug 27, 2019 4 min read A Year of Books on Pastoring

I love learning from old, faithful pastors. We’re often drawn to the young and charismatic. I’m learning we need the veterans who served and finished well. William Still was such a

The Pastor: A Memoir

Jun 25, 2019 3 min read A Year of Books on Pastoring

I first heard of Eugene Peterson when I was a seminary student. Michael Haykin, one of my professors, recommended that I read Working the Angles. I did, and I’d never read anything

The Reformed Pastor

Apr 23, 2019 4 min read A Year of Books on Pastoring

The Reformed Pastor is not really the name of this book by Richard Baxter. The original name was a little longer: Gildas Salvianus: “The Reformed Pastor, showing the nature of the Pastoral work;