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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...

Jesus explained this in his farewell discourse to the disciples. He described the Holy Spirit as the “Spirit of truth” (John 14:17), who teaches us (John 14:26), guides us “into all the truth” (John 16:13), and discloses divine truth to us (John 16:13–15). The apostle Paul taught us that the Spirit, who knows “the thoughts of God,” reveals divine truth to us (1 Cor 2:11). Believers have received the Spirit so that we may understand spiritual truths (2:13). Paul explained that the natural man (still
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