Episode 194: On How the Puritans Shaped Mark's Ministry

Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks

9Marks

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this episode, Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever about who the Puritans are and how they’ve shaped his ministry.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jonathan Lehman.
0:10.5	Already bored. Are you already bored?
0:13.2	That was Mark Dever, punching buttons once again.
0:16.2	And welcome to this episode of the always predictable.
0:18.8	Master's Talk.
0:19.6	Pastors talk.
0:20.6	Nine marks exist to help church leaders and pastors, build healthy churches, learn more at
0:25.0	nine marks.org.
0:26.0	And isn't encouraging the amount of people we hear back from who actually listen to this?
0:30.0	Surprising and encouraging.
0:31.2	Yeah.
0:31.8	Both you and I kind of thought we'd be writers when we grew up or speakers, and here we are
0:36.8	podcasting.
0:37.7	Here we are.
0:38.4	Speaking of what you do when you grow up, you're a pastor, you have a Puritan-like
0:43.4	vision for the pastorate, and that's what I want to talk about.
0:46.7	You recently gave a talk on this topic, and you
0:50.0	began by noting that Puritans aren't always the most loved of historical figures.
0:57.1	Do you remember what Thomas McCauley said about why Puritans didn't like bear baiting?
1:03.0	The fear that someone might be taking pleasure from it.
1:06.0	Not that it gave pain to the bear.
1:07.6	No, no, but pleasure to the viewers.
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