Pastors Talk
Pastors Talk is a weekly conversation between Jonathan Leeman and Mark Dever about practical aspects of the Christian life and pastoral ministry.
Pastors Talk
Episode 64: On Equipping the Church to Fight Pornography Together (with Deepak Reju)
By D. Reju, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 11.13.2018It’s vital for individual Christians to pursue holiness. But how can church members work *together* in fighting against the sin of pornography?
Episode 63: On The Pastor and Pornography (with Garrett Kell)
By G. Kell, J. Leeman | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 11.06.2018In this episode of Pastors’ Talk, Garrett Kell shares his own past struggles with pornography, and offers counsel to pastors who are currently hiding with secret sin.
Episode 62: On How to Prepare a Church to Practice Discipline
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.30.2018Before a pastor leads a church to practice discipline, he must teach the church what the Bible teaches. It’s better to woo and win the church in the truth, than to wreck it in the pursuit of rightness.
Episode 61: On Shepherding during Disagreements
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.22.2018How should a pastor shepherd people through disagreement? How should he balance the tension between being a truth-teller and a peacemaker? Mark and Jonathan discuss.
Episode 60: On Cultivating a Culture of Evangelism
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.16.2018Churches shouldn’t farm out personal evangelism to pastors, professionals, or programs. Instead, the goal for every church ought to be a culture of evangelism.
Episode 59: On Teaching the Church about the Church
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.09.2018Pastors must teach the church about what a church is. If they don’t, who will?
Episode 58: On Members Meetings
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.02.2018In this episode of Pastors’ Talk, Mark and Jonathan discuss members meetings—what they are, where they are in the Bible, and how to make them of spiritual interest.
Episode 57: On Prayer (with John Onwuchekwa)
By J. Onwuchekwa, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 09.25.2018In the season premiere of Pastors’ Talk, Jonathan and Mark sit down with John Onwuchekwa to talk about his new 9Marks book Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church.
Episode 56: On Pastoral Burnout
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Mark and Jonathan discuss the subject of burnout, particularly how it happens and what church leaders can do to avoid it in the first place.
Episode 55: On the Ministry of Good Christian Books
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 06.05.2018Good books help us follow Jesus.
Episode 54: On “Broad” & “Narrow” Complementarianism
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 05.29.2018Complementarianism is an umbrella term, under which Christians with both “narrow” and “broad” convictions stand.
Episode 53: On Deacons
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 05.22.2018What does a biblical deacon do? How do they differ from elders? In this episode of Pastors’ Talk, Jonathan talks to Mark about the biblical office of deacon.
Episode 52: On the Sufficiency of Scripture
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 05.15.2018What do we mean when we say that Scripture is “sufficient”? Does the sufficiency of Scripture have anything to do with pastoral ministry? Does it shackle pastors or does it provide them reassurance?
Episode 51: On How the Reformation Changed Sunday Gatherings (with Jonathan Gibson)
By J. Gibson, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 05.08.2018Through the liturgies of the Reformation, evangelical doctrine was as much caught in public worship as it was taught in published writings.
Episode 50: On the Role of Associate Pastors
By B. Jamieson, J. Dunlop, J. Leeman | 05.01.2018In this episode of Pastors’ Talk, Jonathan Leeman sits down with pastors Jamie Dunlop and Bobby Jamieson to discuss their roles, and how their work complements Mark’s as the senior pastor.
