Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks
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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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Sep 8, 2020 • 19min
Episode 142: On Preparing for the Next Guy
Jul 28, 2020 • 1h 4min
Episode 141: On The Life and Ministry of J. I. Packer
Jul 26, 2020 • 23min
Episode 140: A Conversation about Grace Community Church's Statement on Civil Disobedience
Jonathan 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.
Jul 22, 2020 • 36min
Episode 139: On Remembering J. I. Packer
In this special episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman asks Mark Dever to reflect on his friendship with J. I. Packer.
Jul 21, 2020 • 25min
Episode 138: On What if I Don't Desire to Pray (with John Onwuchekwa)
As Christians, we know we should pray. But too often, we fail to because we simply don’t desire to.
Jul 14, 2020 • 20min
Episode 137: On What If I Don't Feel Like Going to Church (with Gunner Gundersen)
Sadly, 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.
Jul 7, 2020 • 21min
Episodes 136: On Pastors and Social Media
Many 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.
Jun 30, 2020 • 27min
Episode 135: On Shepherding: The Work and Character of a Pastor
In 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.
Jun 23, 2020 • 26min
Episode 134: On the Difference between Revival and Revivalism
In 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.
Jun 16, 2020 • 20min
Episode 133: On Why Should I Join a Church?
Have you ever met a growing Christian who is self-consciously choosing not to join a church? In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever about the vital necessity of joining a local church.For more on this topic, check out Mark’s new mini-book in the Church Questions series: "Why Should I Join a Church?"
