In this episode of the Ministry Minded Podcast, I consider (again) Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount and I also highlight some recent articles from around the web that articulate the growing need for pastor-theologians. It is my aim to encourage the listener that theology isn’t meant to be sequestered in the halls of scholastic thought — it’s meant to richly rejoiced in, lived, and loved by one and all, in all walks of life.

Resources.

“On ministry transition in the middle of a pandemic and making sense of the atonement with Obbie Tyler Todd,” podcast from yours truly

Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation

“Pastor-Theologians,” Tom Ascol

“The Challenges and Possibilities (and Continuing Need) for the Pastor Theologian,” Gerald Hiestand

“Gerhard Forde: A Recommendation,” John W. Hoyum

“The Evangelistic Zeal of the Vaxxers,” Michael Pohlman

Christ and Calamity: Grace & Gratitude in the Darkest Valley, Harold Senkbeil

On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, 1518, Gerhard O. Forde

Your Old Testament Sermon Needs to Get Saved: A Handbook for Preaching Christ from the Old Testament, David M. King

Daily Grace: The Mockingbird Devotional, Vol. 2

Grace: So Much More Than You Know & So Much Better Than You Think, Brad J. Gray

Sponsor.

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Credits.

Intro music: “Explorers (Instrumental Version)” by The Midnight, The Midnight Music LLC, 2018.

Ad music: “Coffee Stains” by Finley, licensed under CC BY 4.0.