Pastors Talk

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

On Words (Pastors Talk, Ep. 248)

By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 11.07.2023

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman talks about the importance of words in pastoral ministry.

On Shepherding the Pastor, with Phil Newton and Rich Shadden (Pastors Talk, Ep 247)

By J. Leeman, M. Dever, P. Newton, R. Shadden | 10.31.2023

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman chat with Phil Newton and Rich Shadden, authors of Shepherding the Pastor.

On Planting by Pastoring, with Nathan Knight (Pastors Talk, Ep. 246)

By J. Leeman, M. Dever, N. Knight | 10.03.2023

In this Pastors Talk episode, Mark and Jonathan interview Nathan Knight, one of the pastors at Restoration Church in Washington, D.C.

On Pastoral, Public Tone with Kevin DeYoung (Pastors Talk, Ep. 245)

By J. Leeman, K. DeYoung, M. Dever | 09.19.2023

In this Pastors Talk episode, Jonathan interviews Mark and Kevin DeYoung on pastoral, public tone.

On Authority (Pastors Talk, Ep. 244)

By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 09.12.2023

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark interviews Jonathan Leeman about his new book, Authority.

On Pastoring, with Bart Barber (Pastors Talk, Ep. 243)

By B. Barber, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 08.29.2023

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark and Jonathan talk with Bart Barber, the President of the Southern Baptist Convention, about pastoring.

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On Staffing Titles (Pastors Talk, Ep. 242)

By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 08.22.2023

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark and Jonathan chat about staffing titles in the church.

On How to Disagree with Your Pastor (Pastors Talk, Ep. 241)

By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 08.15.2023

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark and Jonathan talk about how to disagree with your pastor.

On Friendship with God, with Mike McKinley (Pastors Talk, Ep. 240)

By J. Leeman, M. Dever, M. McKinley | 08.08.2023

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark and Jonathan interview Mike McKinley about his new book, Friendship with God: A Path to Deeper Fellowship with the Father, Son, and Spirit

On A New Christian Authoritarianism? (Pastors Talk, Ep. 239)

By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 05.31.2023

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman and Mark Dever explain why we published a new edition of Church Matters—formerly known as the 9Marks Journal—that addresses a few unusual topics: Christian nationalism, theonomy, and magisterial Protestantism.

On American Exceptionalism, with John Wilsey (Pastors Talk, Ep. 238)

By J. D. Wilsey, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 05.23.2023

How should a Christian think about patriotism? Why should pastors especially be careful of both nostalgia and cynicism?

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman chats with SBTS professor John D. Wilsey about all these questions and more.

On Having Difficult Conversations (Pastors Talk, Ep. 237)

By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 05.16.2023

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan chats with Mark about this under-reported aspect of a pastor's job description.

On Is Hell Real? With Dane Ortlund (Pastors Talk, Ep. 236)

By D. Ortlund, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 04.25.2023

Mark and Jonathan chat with Dane Ortlund about the awful yet necessary doctrine of hell.

On Spurgeon the Pastor, with Geoff Chang (Pastors Talk, Ep 235)

By G. Chang, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 04.18.2023

Did Charles Spurgeon care about ecclesiology? In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark and Jonathan chat with Geoff Chang about Spurgeon the pastor.

On Spurgeon and the Poor, with Alex DiPrima (Pastors Talk, Ep. 234)

By A. DiPrima, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 04.11.2023

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark and Jonathan chat with Alex DiPrima, the author of Spurgeon and the Poor.