Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry Audiobook

Quotes

• “It was the kindness of God which led me to stumble across this book in my first year of pastoral ministry. I remember vividly kneeling at my bedside in tears, feeling so rebuked and so encouraged at the same time. I loved this book then and, with several new chapters, I love it even more now. I hope every pastor reads this book and listens to its sane, practical, biblical advice.” 

  — Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor of University Reformed Church and author of The Hole in our Holiness

• “I read Brothers, We Are Not Professionals when it first came out a decade ago, and have returned to portions of it repeatedly, for examination, encouragement and exhortation.” 

  — Ligon Duncan, senior minister, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi

• “John Piper is a pastor to pastors. His love for them and his desire to see them faithfully fulfill their calling leaps from each chapter of this book. It will challenge you. It will instruct you. And most of all, it will encourage you as you shepherd God’s flock which He has entrusted to your care.” 

  — Daniel L. Akin

• “Once again, Dr. Piper has provided a generation of pastors with a clear and profound statement on our calling, and his legacy of biblical faithfulness and commitment to God’s glory is felt in every chapter.” 

  — Matt Carter

• “May the Holy Spirit use this book to help ignite the next generation with a passion to deny themselves and take up their crosses to serve Christ and his sheep from every tribe, tongue, and nation.” 

  — Burke Parsons, pastor, Saint Andrew’s Chapel, Lake Mary, Florida

• “I cannot commend [Brothers, We Are Not Professionals] highly enough.” 

  — JD Greear, lead pastor, the Summit Church, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina