MacArthur Pastor’s Library on Pastoral Ministry
Overview
Where is ministry in America headed today? Dr. John MacArthur says, "I am concerned over a growing trend to produce strong natural leaders who know how to manage a business or enterprise but do not understand the church from Christ's perspective. Their leadership style and substance is earthly, not biblical or spiritual."
Our Lord's favorite metaphor for spiritual leadership, the one He used most often to describe Himself, is that of the humble and hardworking shepherd. This book shows that biblically authentic ministry includes prayer, holiness, worship, discipleship, servant-hood, and compassion—and that all ministry must be based on biblical mandates, not worldly ambition.
Encouraging, insightful, and challenging, Pastoral Ministry is designed for a new generation of shepherds who seek to lead with the passion of the apostles. This guide outlines the biblical priorities essential to effective ministry.
- Biblical Perspectives
- Preparatory Perspectives
- Personal Perspectives
- Pastoral Perspectives
Top Highlights
“This passage teaches not only a high view of Scripture’s authority but also its sufficiency,” (Page 11)
“It demands that we begin with God and the Bible rather than man and culture in order to understand God’s will in ministry.” (Page 11)
“Because of these escalating trends, the church is increasingly in danger of equating religion with Christianity and ‘going to church’ with salvation.” (Page 13)
“Malachi indicted Israel because they exchanged the glory of God for the way of the culture.” (Page 11)
“It is at those times that the pastor goes beyond his sermon to stand in the gap for God in the lives of His people.” (Page xiv)
- Richard L. Mayhue
- James F. Stitzinger
- Alex D. Montoya
- James M. George
- Irvin A. Busenitz
- James E. Rosscup
- Donald G. McDougall
- Robert L. Thomas
- David C. Deuel
- George J. Zemek
- S. Lance Quinn
- Title: MacArthur Pastor’s Library on Pastoral Ministry
- Author: John F. MacArthur
- Series: The John MacArthur Pastor’s Library
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Print Publication Date: 2005
- Logos Release Date: 2008
- Pages: 412
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Clergy › Office; Pastoral theory
- ISBNs: 9781418591243, 9781418500061, 1418591246, 1418500062
- Resource ID: LLS:MCARTPSTPSTMN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:28:43Z
John MacArthur (b. 1939) is a Calvinist theologian, author, editor, and teacher. He is a popular conference speaker and the president of both The Master's College and The Master's Seminary. He has also served as pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969. Best known for his expository exegesis of the Bible, Logos has collected more than 3,000 of his sermons in the John MacArthur Sermon Archive and offers the complete MacArthur New Testament Commentary.
MacArthur’s pulpit ministry extends around the globe through his media ministry, Grace to You. In addition to producing daily radio programs for nearly 2,000 English and Spanish radio outlets worldwide, Grace to You distributes books, software, and CDs by John MacArthur. He has written hundreds of books and study guides, including the bestselling John MacArthur Essential Bible Study Library and the MacArthur Study Bible. He is also the author of notable titles like Different by Design and Twelve Ordinary Men.
Reviews
7 ratings
Patrick
1/19/2022
I am usually a fan of most of MacArthur's writings (this one is a collaboration with other authors as well) but this was the book where I most disagreed with the writings or was left with a lot more questions. First of all, this book is a decent book for those looking to go into ministry. It is not really good enough for a current pastor or someone a bit more mature than college-age. It's a good introduction book and covers the needed points for holding the office of pastor. This book is very underwhelming. For a book with MacArthur's name attached to it I expected a lot more out of it. For example, when on the two chapters on prayer there are claims made to the fact of "pray for God's provision when deciding to undertake a project. Yes, very true. But there is no "and then"! And then, try and do it and see if you fail? How long do you wait for answer? Do you listen for a voice, a feeling, a "coincidental" contact from someone? Pray for God's provision when making a decision. Agreed! But if you're in a church meeting, do you wait? Make a decision that doesn't seem like sin? Bring it up only to come back in a month to see if prayer was answered? Would have loved to have some examples. Another big area that seemed very odd was when MacArthur pretty much states that if you were chosen for ministry God would bless you by ensuring your kids would be saved. A previous chapter talked about making sure you were indeed called to the ministry and not just something you want to do. A logical conclusion is that if you become a preacher and honestly felt God's calling but your kids didn't end up being saved than you were never called and your ministry work was in vain. Again, some claims are made and Scripture is given but these questions that arise naturally from these claims go unattended. I came away from this book thinking that while the parts talked about were good and there wasn't too much in disagreement, some questions weren't covered or answered at all and generalizations were made too easily and quickly. A very disappointing read and now I have a few more questions as a result of a MacArthur book rather than answers. Final Grade - C
Jared Friesen
3/10/2020
John L. Jefferson
9/10/2014
Larry Proffitt
3/27/2014
Jacob Hantla
3/20/2014
Same as Rediscovering Pastoral Ministry. I own that in Logos and it is showing that I don't own this yet. Great book though
Michael Mathis
9/22/2013
JoshInRI
7/25/2013
Its challenging to use "Rediscovering" for my Mdiv (Ministerial Duties class) as my professor is using Roman numeral-ed Macarthur Chapter notations but with God's help I will figure it out. I do not want to have to buy another resource here I do not need just to follow along in class.
