What does Dangerous Calling (Paul David Tripp, Crossway, 2012) promise? Subtitled Confronting The Unique Challenges Of Pastoral Ministry, Dangerous Calling was written to help pastors “take an honest look at yourself in the heart-and-life exposing mirror of the Word of God – to see things that are wrong and need correcting and to help you …

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A constant temptation in pastoral life is to strip-mine the Scriptures in search of that which the pastor thinks will bring needed challenge and change to their congregation while never digging into the Word consciously aware of the need for it to confront and transform the pastor himself. A worrying sign is when the consistent …

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