Dangerous calling : confronting the unique challenges of pastoral ministry /
Tripp, Paul David, 1950-
Dangerous calling : confronting the unique challenges of pastoral ministry / Paul David Tripp. - Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway, 2012. - 227 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Headed for disaster -- Again and again -- Big theological brains and heart disease -- More than knowledge and skill -- Joints and ligaments -- Missing community -- War zones -- Familiarity -- Dirty secrets -- Mediocrity -- Between the already and the not yet -- Self-glory -- Always preparing -- Separation -- So, what now?
Dangerous Calling reveals the truth that the culture surrounding our pastors is spiritually unhealthy--an environment that actively undermines the wellbeing and efficacy of our church leaders and thus the entire church body. Here is a book that both diagnoses and offers cures for issues that impact every member and church leader, and gives solid strategies for fighting the all-important war that rages in our churches today. --from publisher description.
9781433535826 1433535823
2012015795
Pastoral theology.
BV 4011.3 .T75 2012
Dangerous calling : confronting the unique challenges of pastoral ministry / Paul David Tripp. - Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway, 2012. - 227 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Headed for disaster -- Again and again -- Big theological brains and heart disease -- More than knowledge and skill -- Joints and ligaments -- Missing community -- War zones -- Familiarity -- Dirty secrets -- Mediocrity -- Between the already and the not yet -- Self-glory -- Always preparing -- Separation -- So, what now?
Dangerous Calling reveals the truth that the culture surrounding our pastors is spiritually unhealthy--an environment that actively undermines the wellbeing and efficacy of our church leaders and thus the entire church body. Here is a book that both diagnoses and offers cures for issues that impact every member and church leader, and gives solid strategies for fighting the all-important war that rages in our churches today. --from publisher description.
9781433535826 1433535823
2012015795
Pastoral theology.
BV 4011.3 .T75 2012