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 Sound Doctrine and the Problems with the “Deconstruction” Project (Pastors Talk, Ep. 188)

By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 11.16.2021

In this episode, Mark interviews Jonathan about our new Journal—Sound Doctrine: The Foundation for Faithful Ministry—and, in particular, his very long Editor’s Note, which focuses on the problems of the “deconstruction” project.

On Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (4th Edition) | Pastors Talk, Ep. 187

By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 11.09.2021

In this Pastors Talk episode, Jonathan chats with Mark about “Nine Marks of a Healthy Church”, and how this hardcover edition introduces two “additional” marks.

On Gentle and Lowly (with Dane Ortlund) | Pastors Talk, Ep. 186

By D. Ortlund, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 11.02.2021

“Jesus is not who you think he is.”

On The Path to Being a Pastor — Part 2 (with Bobby Jamieson) | Pastors Talk, Ep. 185

By B. Jamieson, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.26.2021

In a previous conversation, Jonathan chatted with Mark and Bobby about the value of going slowly down the road toward pastoral ministry, of being “filtered.” In this follow-up conversation, they discuss a host of other topics: character qualifications, marriage, biblical knowledge, devotional life, and more.

Episode 184: On The Path to Being a Pastor — Part 1 (with Bobby Jamieson)

By B. Jamieson, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.19.2021

The path to being a pastor is often slow—and that’s a good thing!

On Church-Centered Missions vs Movement-Driven Missions (Pastors Talk, Ep. 183)

By A. Sequeira, B. Buser, J. Mack Stiles, J. Leeman, S. Logsdon | 10.12.2021

Jonathan Leeman chats with Mack Stiles, Brooks Buser, Scott Logsdon, and Aubrey Sequeira about two diverging approaches to the obeying the Great Commission.

On How Buildings Turn Churches into Time Machines (with Adam Sinnett) | Pastors Talk, Ep. 182

By A. Sinnett, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.05.2021

Some people say that investing in a bigger building is at odds with investing in the Great Commission. Is that the case?

On Translating Books and the Great Commission (with Rick Denham, Daniel Henderson and David Adams) | Pastors Talk, Ep. 181

By D. Henderson, D. Adams, R. Denham | 09.28.2021

What does translating books have to do with the Great Commission? Jonathan Leeman sat down with three international publishers to talk about that question.

On Filtering Pastoral Candidates (with Bobby Jamieson) | Pastors Talk, Ep. 180

By B. Jamieson, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 09.21.2021

Men who aspire to be a pastor need to be “filtered.” What does that mean?

Episode 179: On How to Plant a Church (with Eric Bancroft & Matt Smethurst)

By E. Bancroft, J. Leeman, M. Smethurst | 09.14.2021

Is being a church planter different than being a pastor? What can the book of Acts teach us about church planting?

Episode 178: On Rediscover Church (with Collin Hansen)

By C. Hansen, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 09.07.2021

Some Christians think that local churches are merely dispensers of religious information & religious experiences. Is that true?

On Your Old Testament Sermon Needs to Get Saved (with David King & Mike Bullmore) | Pastors Talk, Ep. 177

By D. King, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 08.31.2021

How do you preach a Christ-centered sermon from the Old Testament? Jonathan Leeman chats with David King and Mike Bullmore about our new preaching book, Your Old Testament Sermon Needs to Get Saved.

On Your Old Testament Sermon Needs to Get Saved (with David King & Mike Bullmore) | Pastors Talk, Ep. 177

By D. King, J. Leeman, M. Bullmore | 08.31.2021

How do you preach a Christ-centered sermon from the Old Testament? Jonathan Leeman chats with David King and Mike Bullmore about our new preaching book, Your Old Testament Sermon Needs to Get Saved.

On Why We Gather Twice on Sundays | Pastors Talk, Ep. 176

By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 08.24.2021

Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever about gathering twice on Sundays, and why it might be good for your church to be “inconvenient.”

On Plagiarism in the Pulpit (with Ben Lacey) | Pastors Talk, Ep. 175

By B. Lacey, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 07.07.2021

Recently, there’s been lots of conversation about what constitutes plagiarism in the pulpit.