Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry Free Audiobook Download by John Piper
John Piper, in this audiobook, implores all Christians to be radical. He challenges us to be faithful and bold as we minister to strangers and proclaim the gospel.
In this audiobook, John Piper gives pastors an urgent call to radical ministry. He argues that we are not called to be professional but instead be ministers of Jesus Christ.
As John Piper points out in the beginning of this book, there are few men in America who lead radical or radical-sounding ministry. Why is that? Piper notes that 'radical' implies dangerous, and he contends that pastors need to be judged by the fruit of their ministries rather than the mere rhetoric. Therefore, Piper calls on pastors to be obedient, humble servants of Christ who love God and others without reservation.
John Piper has been a pastor for nearly 50 years and is the president of desiringGod.org. He's also a prolific author, and this new book is the culmination of his thoughts on ministry. In it, he argues that pastors are not professionals and should not be treated as such by their churches. Rather, they should lead in ways that honor their call to ministry more than they do their professional positions. They should lay hold of opportunities available to them, but also reject things like 'planning sessions' so that they can serve with radical abandon without fear or reservation.
This audiobook is a plea to pastors to make radical ministry a priority. It is not enough that we be professional, but that we put radical ministry first in our lives, both in our local churches and when preaching from the pulpit. We have been trained to preach the gospel, not to be "professional evangelists."
This audiobook is a plea from John Piper in which he argues for "radical ministry," or being a pastor who ministers to the world without any fear of reprisals. Piper says that we should not care about being professionals because in the end, this is not what the world needs. This audiobook is an interesting way for those interested in radical ministry to listen to someone with such a different opinion on this issue.
Published Date | 2013-02-01 |
Duration | 9 hours 42 minutes |
Author | John Piper |
Narrated | Adam Verner |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Religion & Spirituality |
Parent Category | Christianity |