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Pastoral Theology: Theological Foundations for Who a Pastor is and What He Does is unavailable, but you can change that!

While many pastoral ministry books focus on the practical duties of the pastor, few works actually consider how theological truth defines the pastor’s role and responsibilities. These pragmatic ministry tools, though instructionally beneficial, essentially divorce biblical doctrine from ministerial practice. As a result, pastors’ lives and ministries often lack the theological roots that provide...

“enemies” (Rom 5:10). Sin broke the intimate relationship God desires with his prized creation and separates us from him (Isa 59:2). The work of Christ as reconciliation repairs and restores our relationship with God. Paul said in Romans, “While we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son” (Rom 5:10, emphasis added). In Colossians, he explained that Jesus reconciled us to God by “making peace” with him through the “blood of his cross” (Col 1:20; cf. Eph 2:16). The relational
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