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Handling God's Truth Accurately Know What You Believe and Teach How you interpret and teach the doctrines of the faith truly matters. This requires diligent study and "accurately handling the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15). The Shepherd as Theologian presents a collection of invaluable messages from the internationally recognized Shepherds' Conference held at Grace Community Church. Pastor John MacArthur and other respected teachers, including R.C. Sproul and Ligon Duncan, delve into key theological issues on...justification by faith alonethe great commissiona literal six-day creationthe inerrancy of Scripturepremillennialism Knowing what you believe and why you believe it is absolutely critical to teaching well. Study the central doctrines of Christianity, and get equipped to accurately proclaim God's Word.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	28 février 2017
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736962124
Langue	English

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the New American Standard Bible , 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. ( www.Lockman.org )
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THE SHEPHERD AS THEOLOGIAN
Copyright 2017 by Grace Community Church
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-6211-7 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-6212-4 (eBook)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: MacArthur, John, 1939- editor.
Title: The shepherd as theologian / John MacArthur, general editor.
Description: Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016046227 (print) | LCCN 2016047434 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736962117 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780736962124 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Theology, Doctrinal. | Calvinism. | Reformed Church-Doctrines.
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C ONTENTS
I NTRODUCTION
1. T HE L ORD S G REATEST P RAYER, P ART 1 (2016)
John MacArthur
2. T HE L ORD S G REATEST P RAYER , P ART 2 (2016)
John MacArthur
3. A DAM , W HERE A RT T HOU ? R EDISCOVERING THE H ISTORICAL A DAM IN THE P AGES OF S CRIPTURE (2013)
William Barrick
4. W HY E VERY S ELF -R ESPECTING C ALVINIST M UST B E A S IX -D AY C REATIONIST (2009)
John MacArthur
5. F AITH OF O UR F ATHERS : D O W E H AVE THE S AME G OSPEL AS THE E ARLY C HURCH? (2012)
Nathan Busenitz
6. M ASTERING THE D OCTRINE OF J USTIFICATION (2005)
R.C. Sproul
7. T HE E XTENT OF THE A TONEMENT (2003)
Phil Johnson
8. A B IBLICAL C ASE FOR E LDER R ULE (2003)
Tom Pennington
9. T HE G REAT C OMMISSION AS A T HEOLOGICAL E NDEAVOR (2014)
Paul Washer
10. W HY E VERY S ELF -R ESPECTING C ALVINIST M UST B E A P REMILLENNIALIST (2007)
John MacArthur
11. H EAVEN ON E ARTH : E XPLORING THE G LORIES OF THE E TERNAL S TATE (2013)
Michael Vlach
N OTES
C ONTRIBUTORS
G ET THE C OMPLETE S HEPHERDS L IBRARY S ERIES
A BOUT THE P UBLISHER
I NTRODUCTION
F or nearly four decades, the Shepherds Conference has been committed to what the Reformers began 500 years ago.
The essence of the Reformation was to rescue the Word from the shackles of Roman Catholic tyranny, corruption, and heresy. The Reformers knew the significance of getting back to the Word, as John Calvin wrote: Christ reigns whenever He subdues the world to Himself by the preaching of His Word. That is why the goal of the Shepherds Conference has always been to live out Paul s mandate to Timothy: The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also (2 Timothy 2:2).
At the Shepherds Conference we ve had the unique privilege to participate in encouraging and equipping men to declare the truth. What started as a small gathering of 159 individuals has, by God s grace, blossomed into an international movement with thousands in attendance each spring. Over the years, pastors from every state and nearly 100 countries have come to the conference to be challenged and encouraged in the areas of preaching, theology, leadership, discipleship, and counseling.
Since its inception, the Shepherds Conference has featured hundreds of sermons specifically directed at pastors and church leaders. Because the truth of God s Word is timeless, those messages are still as rich and powerful today as when they were first preached. That is why I was so grateful when Harvest House Publishers approached me about publishing this third volume-a collection of the most memorable Shepherds Conference messages on various theological topics.
A fundamental quality that set the Reformers apart from today s modern pastors is that they were theologians and biblical scholars. However, for a couple of centuries now, pastors have outsourced doctrine to the academy. The pastor must once again become the theologian, biblical scholar, and guardian of sound doctrine.
My desire has been for the Shepherds Conference to participate in the multiplication of pastor-theologians. May this book help all spiritual leaders, whether you ve been to the Shepherds Conference or not, think deeply about the things of God. As you read it, my prayer is that your passion for truth will burn brighter and your resolve for Christ s glory will grow stronger as you seek to serve and lead His church.
For the Great Shepherd,
John MacArthur
T HE L ORD S G REATEST P RAYER , P ART 1
Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me.
J OHN 17:11
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T HE L ORD S G REATEST P RAYER , P ART 1
John MacArthur
Shepherds Conference 2016
John 17
N o profession in the world suffers from a more serious lack of clarity, when it comes to the basic requirements of the job, as the pastorate. Everyone but pastors seems to know what their job is. In fact, if we are honest, clergy malpractice goes on everywhere, all the time. It is ubiquitous. It is pandemic. There is widespread confusion about what it means to be a pastor, and widespread indifference to prescribed biblical duties. As a result, the church has no concept of what the pastor is to be or do.
Where Is the Pastor-Theologian?
One thing is clear: Most pastors have no interest in being theologians, nor do their congregations expect them to be. The devolution of theology and biblical scholarship as a serious matter for Christians can be traced back to the absence of doctrine and careful biblical scholarship in the pulpit. This is a dereliction of duty. This is clergy malpractice. The pastorate is no longer an intellectual calling, and no longer do pastors provide serious intellectual leadership. Today s pastors do not move in the realm of theology; instead, they manage programs. They give uplifting talks, apply culturally invented principles, and pour their energy into everything but scholarship-everything but an intense study of the text, which yields sound doctrine.
They are practitioners rather than theologians. At best, today s pastors broker other people s ideas, which are selected carefully by their own whims and desires and the popularity of certain people. Pastors have become middle managers who broker other people s theology and other people s ideas. Whatever happened to speaking the things fitting for sound doctrine? For the goal of biblical exposition is doctrine first-to draw out of the text the doctrine, the truth-and then to show its implications, application, and exhortation. Above all other things, the pastor is to teach doctrine.
Not only that, but the pastor is also the guardian of sound doctrine. He is to protect the theological integrity of divine truth before his people, in his place, and in his generation. For a couple of centuries now, pastors have outsourced doctrine to the academy.
If you were to go back to the nineteenth century, the majority of university presidents in the United States were ordained pastors. Things have changed since then. In 1977 (after I had been at Grace Community Church for about 8 years), I received a phone call from James Montgomery Boice, and he asked me if I would come and serve on the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy that produced the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. I was shocked. I was just a local pastor here at Grace Community Church, I was in my thirties, and I was out of my league. When I got to the first meeting in Chicago, I was stunned by the fact that there were only 2 pastors-myself and Jim Boice. The other 98 men came from academic institutions. And the fact that they picked me says something about how difficult it was to find somebody else to go with Boice! While there I sat in conversations with Jim Boice and Roger Nicole, I kept my lips sealed. I did not want them to know how ignorant I was, so I just nodded like I understood what was going on.
Pastors have abandoned their high calling and substituted it with lesser functions. Their success, reputation, and sense of accomplishment is achieved by musical content, fashion, novelty, personality, and marketing savvy. Rarely do you find a pastor known as a theologian-as a biblical scholar. Rarely are there minds given to the mastery of Scripture and its doctrinal truth. Sadly, it is a difficult time for those who do understand their calling and who are experts in the interpretation, exposition, and doctrine of the Bible, because they are considered to be an anomaly. This has to change. Pastors must become theologians, biblical scholars, and guardians of sound doctrine.
In reality, de facto pastors are the theologians of the church, not the professors in institutions. The church understands theology from their pastor, and not from professional academics. Sinclair Ferguson said, We have made little or no impression on the world for the very reason that gospel doctrine has made a correspondingly slight impression