The Preacher's Catechism
Description
Your work as a pastor can make it easy to overlook the deep needs of your own soul. These 43 questions and answers, written to reflect the format of historic catechisms, seek to provide nourishment for weary pastors in the thick of ministry. Each chapter features content designed to care for your spiritual health, feeding your mind and heart with life-giving truth aimed at helping you press on in ministry with endurance, contentment, and joy.
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Lewis Allen (DPhil, University of Oxford) pastored Gunnersbury Baptist Church in London for over twelve years, and in 2010, was called to plant what is now Hope Church in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, where he is the senior pastor. He is the author of several books, including Resilient Faith: Learning to Rely on Jesus in the Struggles of Life and The Glory of Grace: An Introduction to the Puritans in Their Own Words. Allen is married with five adult children.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Newsletter Signup
- Endorsements
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part 1 The Glory of God and the Greatness of Preaching
- 1 Preaching, above All
- 2 Enjoying God
- 3 The One We Preach
- 4 By the Book
- 5 Preaching Christ
- 6 All Our Days
- 7 Confident of This
- 8 Called to Preach
- 9 For God, for People
- 10 Not a Square Inch
- Part 2 Jesus for Preachers
- 11 Sin
- 12 Weakness
- 13 Knowing Jesus
- 14 For His Name's Sake
- 15 Rewarded
- 16 This Solid Ground
- 17 Lavish Love
- 18 Holiness
- 19 Journey's End
- Part 3 Loving the Word
- 20 The Grace of Law
- 21 Obedience
- 22 Love's Choice
- 23 Image Rights?
- 24 Our Honor or His?
- 25 Stop!
- 26 Respect
- 27 Servant- Hearted Servants
- 28 Faithful Attraction
- 29 Give
- 30 True to His Word
- 31 Resist
- 32 The Heart of the Law
- Part 4 Preaching with Conviction
- 33 Trusting Ministry
- 34 At the Cross
- 35 The Courage of Our Convictions
- 36 Ministering Sacraments
- 37 Take Them to the Water
- 38 To Supper
- 39 Seek First
- 40 Praying, for His Glory
- 41 Trust Issues
- 42 Confession Time
- 43 All for the King
- Scripture Index
