Pastors' Talk
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Synopsis
Pastors Talk is a weekly conversation between Jonathan Leeman and Mark Dever about practical aspects of the Christian life and pastoral ministry.
Episodes
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Episode 152: On Virtual "Church"
24/11/2020 Duration: 20minFor years, certain churches and ministries have referred to “virtual church” or “attending church online.” This year of COVID-19—the “anti-gathering virus,” as Mark puts it in this episode—has made such phrases even more popular.
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Episode 151: On How Much a Pastor Should Care About His Reputation
10/11/2020 Duration: 36minPaul says pastors must be “well thought of by outsiders.” But Jesus says we’re “blessed” when others speak evil about us, even falsely.What do we do with this? How much should a pastor care about his reputation?
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Episode 150: On Cleaning the Membership Rolls - Part 2 (with Matt Schmucker)
03/11/2020 Duration: 24minEpisode 149 explained what “cleaning the rolls” means, and why pastors should lead their churches to do it. Episode 150 continues the conversation, but focuses on how to actually get it done.Jonathan Leeman, Mark Dever, and Matt Schmucker discuss.
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Episode 149: On Cleaning the Membership Rolls - Part 1 (with Matt Schmucker)
27/10/2020 Duration: 22minSome churches report hundreds of members, with dozens in attendance. These churches need to “clean their rolls.”Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever and Matt Schmucker about what that means and why churches should do it.
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Episode 148: On How A Culture of Discipling + Lay Elders = Church Planting
20/10/2020 Duration: 27minHealthy churches plant churches. But how? What causes a church to “bubble over”? Here’s one way.
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Episode 147: On the Appeal and the Errors of Theonomy (with T. David Gordon)
13/10/2020 Duration: 38minBroadly speaking, “theonomy” is the theological persuasion that civil societies ought to be governed by the Mosaic Law. In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman and Mark Dever chat with T. David Gordon about the errors and appeal of theonomy.
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Episode 146: On Preparing for a Tough Political Season (Part 2)
06/10/2020 Duration: 28minWe just released a new Journal: Pastoring through Political Turmoil. In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan chats with Mark about the Journal in particular and the topic of pastoring through an election season in general.
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Episode 145: On Preparing for a Tough Political Season (Part 1)
29/09/2020 Duration: 24minIn this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark and Jonathan talk about how pastors can prepare their people for a tough political season.
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Episode 144: On Lay Elders - Part 2 (with Klon Kitchen)
22/09/2020 Duration: 22minHow do you prevent a potential friction between staff and lay elders? How do you ensure they’re not just “yes men”? How much deference should non-staff elders give others? In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman, Mark Dever, and Klon Kitchen continue their conversation on lay elders.
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Episode 143: On Lay Elders - Part 1 (with Klon Kitchen)
15/09/2020 Duration: 25minChurches ought to have elders. Some will be paid (1 Tim. 5), but many will be not. These unpaid elders are called “lay elders.” Is this distinction in this Bible? Are lay elders “minor-league elders”? Are they called to ministry in the same way senior pastors are? How can a church make sure that there isn’t a deep divide between elders who are paid by the church and those who aren’t?In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever and Klon Kitchen (a lay elder at Cheverly Baptist Church) about these questions and more.
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Bible Talk — Genesis 1:1–3:19: On the Serpent, the Promised Seed, and Nahash the King of the Ammonites
09/09/2020 Duration: 45minIn this inaugural episode of Bible Talk, Alex Duke chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about the first three chapters of Genesis. These first three chapters of the Bible are so important because they set the trajectory for everything that comes next—all the way until we get to Revelation 22.Bible Talk is available on iTunes, Spotify and 9Marks.org.
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Episode 140: A Conversation about Grace Community Church's Statement on Civil Disobedience
26/07/2020 Duration: 23minJonathan and Mark chat about Grace Community Church’s decision, civil disobedience, and how Christians ought to approach this season with an extra amount of charity and grace.
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Episode 139: On Remembering J. I. Packer
22/07/2020 Duration: 35minIn this special episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman asks Mark Dever to reflect on his friendship with J. I. Packer.
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Episode 138: On What if I Don't Desire to Pray (with John Onwuchekwa)
21/07/2020 Duration: 25minAs Christians, we know we should pray. But too often, we fail to because we simply don’t desire to.
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Episode 137: On What If I Don't Feel Like Going to Church (with Gunner Gundersen)
14/07/2020 Duration: 20minSadly, missing church is common. Sometimes, it's for good reasons; other times, it's not. As a pastor, how many times have you heard a member tell you, "I'm so sorry we missed last Sunday—we just couldn't make it with everything we have going on!"?In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever and Gunner Gundersen about how we should respond to those who simply don't feel like going to church—and so they miss for this-or-that reason.
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Episodes 136: On Pastors and Social Media
07/07/2020 Duration: 21minMany pastors feel pressure from their members to speak up on social media. “Why aren’t you talking about ___________? Don’t you care?”In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever about how pastors ought to approach social media use.
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Episode 135: On Shepherding: The Work and Character of a Pastor
30/06/2020 Duration: 27minIn this Pastors Talk episode, Jonathan chats with Mark about the new 9Marks Journal: On Shepherding — The Work and Character of a Pastor. They focus on three traits of a pastor:— They should be godly & gifted, but especially godly.— They should care about other churches.— They shouldn’t freak out.
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Episode 134: On the Difference between Revival and Revivalism
23/06/2020 Duration: 25minIn his book Revival & Revivalism, Iain Murray defines revival as God using ordinary means to effect extraordinary change. That’s much different than revivalism, which is when man tries to use extraordinary means to effect the same, extraordinary change.Can you tell the difference between the two? Is it even possible? In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan asks Mark to take a brief tour of church history so that pastors and Christians today can discern the difference between revival—a good thing—and revivalism—a bad thing.