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The Pastor as Public Theologian: Reclaiming a Lost Vision is unavailable, but you can change that!

Many pastors today see themselves primarily as counselors, leaders, and motivators. Yet this often comes at the expense of the fundamental reality of the pastorate as a theological office. The most important role is to be a theologian mediating God to the people. The church needs pastors who can contextualize the Word of God to help their congregations think theologically about all aspects of...

the centrality of Jesus Christ to the theological project. Jesus Christ is God’s final word (Heb. 1:2), God’s fullest disclosure (1:3a), and the agent of God’s greatest work (1:3b). Jesus Christ is the alpha and omega of both revelation and redemption. He is the sum of divine wisdom and the fulfillment of the divine plan for the world (Eph. 1:8–10). The risen Christ claimed that everything in Scripture centers on him (Luke 24:27). To be a Christian theologian is to seek, speak, and show understanding
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