Pastoral Theology with Jonathan Master
Life and Books and Everything
Clearly Reformed
4.6 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
First published in 1877, Thomas Murphy’s Pastoral Theology: The Pastor in the Various Duties of His Office is one of the absolute best books of its kind. Murphy’s treatise is inspiring, challenging, comprehensive, opinionated, practical, and spiritual in the deepest sense of the word. Listen as Kevin and Jonathan Master, president at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, talk about Thomas Murphy (pastor for 46 years of Frankford Presbyterian Church outside of Philadelphia) and this neglected resource, just recently republished by Log College Press.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Sponsors & Intro
2:37 Who Is Jonathan Master?
5:48 Let’s Dive Into Pastoral Theology
9:23 Kevin Outlines Thomas Murphy Book
10:58 Why Does Jonathan Love The Book?
13:30 Kevin & Jonathan Explore Exemplary Piety
17:18 Sponsor Break / Link For Book
19:22 Vital Role For Women In The Church
23:00 The Work Of God In The Church & Community
24:18 How To Profit My Congregation As A Preacher
27:41 Pastoral Care & Troublemakers In The Church
31:10 Preach, Pray, People AND Patience
32:31 What Else Is Jonathan Working On?
33:53 Kevin’s Book Republishing Thoughts
35:44 Until Next Time…
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Pastoral Theology by Thomas Murphy
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Life and Books and Everything is brought to you by Crossway, publisher of the Lord of Psalm 23, Jesus, our Shepherd, companion, and host. |
| 0:18.9 | David Gibson walks through each verse in Psalm 23, thoroughly examining its three |
| 0:24.8 | depictions of the believers' union with Christ as sheep and shepherd, traveler, and companion, |
| 0:32.3 | guest, and host. |
| 0:34.7 | I know David personally am grateful for his ministry, for his work in Scotland, |
| 0:40.9 | for his writing. And this is an excellent book on a very familiar psalm, and yet there are |
| 0:48.0 | lots of good lessons for us and things that David will pull out that you may not have seen |
| 0:53.6 | before in this |
| 0:55.7 | warm-hearted, very pastoral, lovely book. So check it out and thankful to Crossway for sponsoring |
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| 1:11.1 | Also grateful for desiring God. |
| 1:13.3 | Our friends there have released a new content series on biblical manhood and womanhood titled |
| 1:18.0 | What's the Difference? |
| 1:20.1 | Eight articles. |
| 1:21.8 | The teachers at DG along with some guest contributors aim to explain and celebrate the differences between men and women at home in the church and in society. |
| 1:33.5 | And really, there are few contemporary issues that are screaming at us with as much relevance as this one. |
| 1:42.2 | I often present this issue with this question, which I think I've probably |
| 1:47.7 | first heard it put this way from John Piper. And that is, how do you answer the question? If you |
| 1:53.5 | have a young son or daughter, your little boy says to you, Daddy, what does it mean to be a man? |
| 2:02.0 | Or your little girl says, mommy, what does it mean for me to grow up and be a woman? |
| 2:08.0 | What do you say? |
| 2:09.1 | What does it mean to be a man? |
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