By Every Word...: What is the goal of a good pastor?

"A good pastor attaches the sheep to the Great Shepherd, not to himself." -- John Calvin

Recommended Resources

"Making Sense of God" by Tim Keller (intermediate)
"Just Do Something (...Finding God's Will)" by Kevin DeYoung
"Basic Christianity" by John Stott (basic)
"Cross Talk: Where Life and Scripture Meet" by Michael R. Emlet (intermediate)
"God's Big Picture (Tracing the Storyline of the Bible)" by Vaughn Roberts (basic)
"The Reason for God" by Tim Keller (basic/intermed.)
"Peace with God" by Billy Graham (basic)
"Born Again" by Charles Colson [autobiography] (basic)
"Christian Beliefs" by Wayne Grudem (basic)
"Concise Theology" by J.I. Packer (intermediate)
"The Christian Life" by Sinclair Ferguson (basic)
"The Discipline of Grace" by Jerry Bridges (basic/intermed.)
"Don't Stop Believing: Why Living Like Jesus Is Not Enough" by Michael Wittmer (intermediate)
"How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth" by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart (intermediate)
"Knowing God" by J.I. Packer (intermediate)
"No Place for Truth (Or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?)" by David Wells (advanced)
"Why We're Not Emergent" by Kevin DeYoung & Ted Kluck (basic/intermed.)
"Worship by the Book" D.A. Carson, editor (intermediate)
"The Wiersbe Bible Commentary" by Warren Wiersbe (basic)
The Bible Speaks Today commentary series [IVP] (intermediate)
Tyndale Commentary Series [IVP] (intermediate)

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