Four Ministries, One Jesus: Exploring Your Vocation With The Four Gospels

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This book is for all who feel called to a life of Christian ministry, and want to make sure their calling is firmly based on the teaching and model of Jesus, as provided in the four Gospels. Widely respected as an international expert in Gospel studies, Richard Burridge is also a brilliant communicator with many years of pastoral experience in selecting and training people for the priesthood. Here he offers a little book that is brim full of practical advice on how to develop and maintain all the key skills needed for ministry today. The core of the book is based on the portraits of Jesus in each of the four Gospels, and helps you consider vital questions such as: how to sustain Bible study, reading and theological reflection in ministry; how to extend pastoral care to people outside as well as inside the Christian community; how to look after yourself and your family; and how to stay attuned to the Spirit by cultivating a fresh and vigorous life of prayer.

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This book is for all who feel called to a life of Christian ministry, and want to make sure their calling is firmly based on the teaching and model of Jesus, as provided in the four Gospels. Widely respected as an international expert in Gospel studies, Richard Burridge is also a brilliant communicator with many years of pastoral experience in selecting and training people for the priesthood. Here he offers a little book that is brim full of practical advice on how to develop and maintain all the key skills needed for ministry today. The core of the book is based on the portraits of Jesus in each of the four Gospels, and helps you consider vital questions such as: how to sustain Bible study, reading and theological reflection in ministry; how to extend pastoral care to people outside as well as inside the Christian community; how to look after yourself and your family; and how to stay attuned to the Spirit by cultivating a fresh and vigorous life of prayer.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 276
Publisher: SPCK Publishing
Published: 16 Nov 2017
ISBN 10: 0281075972
ISBN 13: 9780281075973
Book Overview: By the author of the bestselling Four Gospels, One Jesus? (over 50,000 copies sold) Richard Burridge was winner of the Ratzinger Prize for Theology in 2013, and shortlisted for the Michael Ramsey Prize in 2009 A thoroughly biblical exploration of ministerial vocation, firmly based on the four New Testament portraits of Jesus A perfect gift for Christians who are contemplating, testing, or actively pursuing a call to ministry

Author Bio

Richard A. Burridge is Dean of King's College London, where he is also Professor of Biblical Interpretation. His book What are the Gospels? A Companion with Graeco-Roman Biography (second edition, Eerdmans, 2004) is widely regarded as a breakthrough in Gospel criticism. Other books include the critically acclaimed Imitating Jesus: An Inclusive Approach to New Testament Ethics (Eerdmans, 2007), shortlisted for the Michael Ramsey Prize, 2009. In 2013 he won the Ratzinger Prize for Theology, following publication of the SPCK Classic edition of his Four Gospels, One Jesus? (SPCK, 1994, 2013).