{"product_id":"brothers-we-are-not-professionals-a-plea-to-pastors-for-radical-ministry-paperback","title":"Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Piper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revised and expanded edition of \u003ci\u003eBrothers, We Are Not Professionals\u003c\/i\u003e that includes a new introduction and select all-new chapters, best-selling author John Piper pleads through a series of thoughtful essays with fellow pastors to abandon the professionalization of the pastorate and pursue the prophetic call of the Bible for radical ministry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We pastors are being killed by the professionalizing of the pastoral ministry,\" he writes. \"The mentality of the professional is not the mentality of the prophet. It is not the mentality of the slave of Christ. Professionalism has nothing to do with the essence and heart of the Christian ministry. The more professional we long to be, the more spiritual death we will leave in our wake. For there is no professional childlikeness, there is no professional tenderheartedness, there is no professional panting after God. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brothers, we are not professionals. We are outcasts. We are aliens and exiles in the world. Our citizenship is in Heaven, and we wait with eager expectation for the Lord (Phil. 3:20). You cannot professionalize the love for His appearing without killing it. And it is being killed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The world sets the agenda of the professional man; God sets the agenda of the spiritual man. The strong wine of Jesus Christ explodes the wine- skins of professionalism.\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMay the Holy Spirit use this book to help ignite the next generation with a passion to deny themselves and take up their crosses to serve Christ and his sheep from every tribe, tongue, and nation.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBurk Parsons\u003c\/b\u003eCo-pastor of Saint Andrew's ChapelEditor of \u003ci\u003eTabletalk\u003c\/i\u003e magazine \u003cb\u003ePiper has provided a generation of pastors with a clear and profound statement on our calling\u003c\/b\u003e, \" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Carter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePastor, The Austin Stone Community Church, Austin, Texas \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eI hope every pastor reads this book and listens to its sane, practical, biblical advice.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eKevin DeYoung\u003c\/b\u003eSenior Pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, MichiganAuthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Hole in Our Holiness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eIt will challenge you. It will instruct you. And most of all, it will encourage you as you shepherd God's flock which He has entrusted to your care.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eDaniel L. Akin \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eI am honored to be able to recommend this 2nd edition of \u003ci\u003eBrothers We are Not Professionals\u003c\/i\u003e. I cannot commend it highly enough. Read it. Re-read it. And then teach it to others.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eJ.D. Greear \u003c\/b\u003eLead Pastor, the Summit Church \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Piper\u003c\/b\u003e is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor for Bethlehem College \u0026amp; Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For 33 years, he pastored Bethlehem Baptist Church. He is author of more than fifty books, including \u003ci\u003eDesiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169475367047,"sku":"9781433678820","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3e221a2021ed6ba9cf1323c5d2255493.webp?v=1733341722","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/brothers-we-are-not-professionals-a-plea-to-pastors-for-radical-ministry-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}