Pastoral Theology: The Minister, Visitation and the Care of Souls
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The office and work of the Reformed minister: his call and qualifications, oversight of the flock, family visitation and the care of the sick and dying. Readings follow the Westminster Directory on visiting the sick, Blaikie, Boston and Baxter's Reformed Pastor, with the Church Order of Dort on the offices.
These lists, taken from the school's verified research, are studied on your own at your own pace. The school's own classes, written as full teaching, open one at a time.
How to begin
- Enroll with a free account so the school keeps your place.
- Open the first class, lecture or reading and follow the order of the syllabus.
- Mark each lecture, reading and assignment complete when you finish it.
- Choose a weekly study goal to see when you will finish.
Syllabus
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Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.
- Cultivating Reformed Piety: Scripture, Prayer, Meditation, and Family Worship (Christ the Center) Joel R. Beeke 58 min (mp3 duration read with ffprobe from the episode page's audio file) Open source Doctrinal Heritage Reformed Congregations (Three Forms); president of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
- The Shape of Faithful Ministry: Doctrine and Confessional Integrity (Christ the Center) Jonathan Master (with Camden Bucey) 42 min (mp3 duration read with ffprobe from the episode page's audio file) Open source Supplementary Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (president) Affiliation could not be confirmed this session (the WebSearch budget was exhausted and the institutional pages probed did not state it). Kept only in history or supplementary roles; confirm before any doctrinal use.
- John Knox and Pastoral Theology (Christ the Center) Sean Morris 71 min (mp3 duration read with ffprobe from the episode page's audio file) Open source History Affiliation could not be confirmed this session (the WebSearch budget was exhausted and the institutional pages probed did not state it). Kept only in history or supplementary roles; confirm before any doctrinal use.
- The Life and Ministry of Thomas Chalmers (Christ the Center) Sandy Finlayson 71 min (mp3 duration read with ffprobe from the episode page's audio file) Open source History Author of Chief Scottish Man: The Life and Ministry of Thomas Chalmers (Evangelical Press) Affiliation could not be confirmed this session (the WebSearch budget was exhausted and the institutional pages probed did not state it). Kept only in history or supplementary roles; confirm before any doctrinal use.
- John Calvin as Counselor: Pastoral Wisdom from His Letters (Christ the Center) Michael Mock 62 min (mp3 duration read with ffprobe from the episode page's audio file) Open source History Affiliation could not be confirmed this session (the WebSearch budget was exhausted and the institutional pages probed did not state it). Kept only in history or supplementary roles; confirm before any doctrinal use.
Total: 5.1 hours