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Page Header Goes Here RESOURCES 2015 page 38 page 50 page 10 2-Volume Set page 37 page 37 Christianbook.com 1–800–CHRISTIAN® INCLUDES BIBLE STUDY RESOURCES SECTION Footer goes here. 53 Dear Pastors, More than a decade ago, I pled with you, “Brothers, we are not professionals!” In TABLE OF CONTENTS the time since, the pressure to “professionalize” the pastorate has both morphed and Bestsellers . .3, 4 strengthened. Bible Covers & Accessories . .42 Among younger pastors, the talk is less about therapeutic and managerial profes- sionalization, and more about communication. The language of “professionalization” is Bibles . .43–49 seldom used in this regard, but this quiet pressure is felt by many pastors: Be as good as Amplified, One-Year the cool media folks. & Parallel . .44, 48, 49 This is not the overstated professionalism of the power office, but the understated professionalism of torn blue jeans and the inner circle. It is not learned in pursuing an Audio, DVD & Electronic . .43 MBA, but by knowing the ever-changing media world. This is the professionalization of Children’s & Teen . .43, 46, 47 ambience, and tone, and idiom, and timing, and banter. It is more intuitive and less ESV . .43, 44, 46–48 taught. More style and less technique. More feel and less force. There is a professional way to crucify; but no professional way to be crucified. There HCSB . .43, 47 were professionals on Golgotha—experts in torture—but Jesus was not one of them. KJV . .43–45, 47 For Paul, the ministry was more like being crucified than crucifying. Life Application .
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