The Pastorʹs Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry
Overview
Ministry can be brutal. As leaders, we face discouragement, frustration, and exhaustion—and many times we face it alone. Helping us to refocus our gaze on the gospel, pastor Jared Wilson offers here practical insights, real-life anecdotes, and in-your-face truth related to the ups and downs of pastoral ministry. Honest yet hopeful, this creative fusion of biblical exposition and personal confession will help pastors weather the storms of ministry by rooting their identity in Christ. By helping leaders to realize that they need the gospel as much as those they are preaching it to, this book carries an important message that will help pastors to enjoy their own salvation and avoid burnout.
Top Highlights
“When we cease praying for ourselves, it is because we think we are the captains of our destinies. When we cease praying for our church, it is because we think we can manage it quite well. When we cease praying in our sermon preparation, it is because we think our words are the power of salvation to all who believe. Let it be far away from us that we would sin against the Lord by failing to pray for our people (1 Sam. 12:23).” (Page 69)
“A vision of the everlasting riches of Christ is the antidote for pastoring for shameful gain.” (Page 38)
“I remind myself and my church often that a message of grace may attract people, but a culture of grace will keep them.” (Page 67)
“The dirty little secret underneath the desire for shameful gain is this: there’s never enough.” (Page 36)
“The struggle to shepherd willingly happens every time ministry becomes difficult. So we have to see people as Jesus sees them. ‘When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd’ (Matt. 9:36). This compassion is not merely a ‘feeling sorry for.’ It is a gut reaction. Jesus truly saw these people as people in great need of the gospel and was moved in the guts by brokenness for them. Pastors, let us then pray on Monday mornings, and every time we face the temptation to exercise oversight out of compulsion rather than out of free will, for the eyes of Christ.” (Page 35)
- Title: The Pastorʹs Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry
- Author: Jared C. Wilson
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Pastoral theology; Pastoral care
- ISBNs: 9781433536649, 9781433536656, 9781433536663, 9781433536670, 1433536641, 143353665X, 1433536668, 1433536676
- Resource ID: LLS:PSTRSJSTFMNSTRY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:30:12Z