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“Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching,” Paul exhorts the young pastor Timothy (1 Tim. 4:16). For many of us, it’s dangerously easy to guard our doctrine but not our lives. How can a busy pastor tend to his soul?

In this episode of The Everyday Pastor, Matt Smethurst and Ligon Duncan discuss practices for maintaining intimacy with Christ amid the demands of ministry.

📝ON THIS VIDEO:

0:00 The importance of the pastor's interior life

3:30 Qualifications and character of pastors

7:14 Rhythms and practices for pastoral sustainability

11:05 Dealing with worry and maintaining joy in Christ

31:39 The role of community and accountability

🔗MENTIONED:

▫ Letters of John Newton: https://a.co/d/25wKMjm?tag=thegospcoal-20

▫ "John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace" by Jonathan Aikan: https://a.co/d/88mGop5?tag=thegospcoal-20

▫ "Newton on the Christian Life: To Live Is Christ" by Tony Reinke: https://a.co/d/1mTaMMU?tag=thegospcoal-20

▫ "The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance—Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters" by Sinclair Ferguson: https://a.co/d/hTCSo0C?tag=thegospcoal-20

▫ "The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host" by David Gibson: https://a.co/d/6jVF3qn?tag=thegospcoal-20

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