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The Value of Systematic Theology to Pastors

by Mark Farnham | Oct 31, 2014 | Pastoral Ministry, Preaching, Theology

Pastors are busy. I know; I was one. They hardly have time to prepare their sermons every week while at the same time visiting, counseling, planning, fixing, etc. Ask most pastors what good theology books they’ve read recently and you’ll be greeted by...

Theologians of Glory or the Cross?

by Mark Farnham | Nov 7, 2011 | Church History, Pastoral Ministry, Theology

In the Heidelberg Disputation of 1518 Martin Luther set forward his radical new theology publically for the first time. This prompted two significant responses. First, the Strasbourg reformer Martin Bucer became a follower of Luther, and second, Johann Eck was moved...

Change in Church and the “Religious People” Bogeyman

by Mark Farnham | Sep 28, 2011 | Ethics, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching

Demonizing opponents is (unfortunately) a common practice in churches where the leadership is making sweeping changes that are opposed by some in the congregation. Those who oppose the changes, the pastor tells the congregation, are just like the Pharisees in...

The Pastor as Theologian, 6: The Inescapably Theological Nature of Pastoral Ministry

by Mark Farnham | Mar 4, 2011 | Pastoral Ministry, Theology

As Piper’s comment in the previous post argued, being a pastor/theologian does not mean staying up-to-date on all the latest scholarly publications produced each year. I teach seminary full time and cannot keep up with everything published in even one of the...

The Pastor as Theologian, 5: John Piper’s View of the Issue

by Mark Farnham | Mar 3, 2011 | Pastoral Ministry

If I am scholarly, it is not in any sense because I try to stay on the cutting edge in the discipline of biblical and theological studies. I am way too slow for that. What scholarlywould mean for me is that the greatest Object of knowledge is God and that he has...

The Pastor as Theologian, 4: The Nature of Pastoral Ministry

by Mark Farnham | Feb 28, 2011 | Pastoral Ministry

Much confusion exists today regarding the proper model of pastoral leadership. Both pastors and congregations develop concepts of pastoral ministry that are both unbiblical and destructive to the church. Some see the pastor as entrepreneur, the one who is supposed to...
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