The Pastor in the Middle

Fred and Matt interview Pastor Reginald Taylor of The Rock Church in Memphis. Reginald is writing a PhD dissertation at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on the doctrinal preaching of Adrian Rogers. In this first of a two-part series, Reginald discusses hermeneutical method.

Here is the link for Dr. Tom Schreiner's book mentioned in this episode:

https://www.amazon.com/Interpreting-Pauline-Epistles-Thomas-Schreiner/dp/080103812X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=interpreting+the+pauline+epistles+by+thomas+r.+schreiner&qid=1686631775&sprefix=interpreting+the+pauline+e%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1

And here is the link Dr. Schreiner posted online with the relevant chapter from his book:

http://d3pi8hptl0qhh4.cloudfront.net/documents/tschreiner/book_IPE_chapter6.pdf

Raising up new ministry leaders in the church is part of discipleship and accomplishing the church's mission. In this week's episode, Fred and Matt discuss ways of raising up new leaders in the church.

Fred and Matt invite Dr. Gerson Garros, Associate Pastor at Trinity Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee, onto the podcast to discuss his vision and experience leading international ministries in the city of Memphis.

Fred and Matt discuss wrestling to discern God's will, for Christians in general and pastors in particular.

When kids follow Jesus, they should be treated as full church members. Fred and Matt think through involving kids in church life.

Two books mentioned in the episode:

1) https://www.amazon.com/Guard-Preventing-Responding-Child-Church/dp/1939946514/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BE49YEWE6OGE&keywords=reju+on+guard&qid=1684185874&sprefix=reju+on+guard%2Caps%2C111&sr=8-1

2) This one is FREE on Kindle right now: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Church-that-Cares-Abused-ebook/dp/B07SKM7PGN/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=becoming+a+church+that+cares+well+for+the+abused&qid=1684185895&sprefix=becoming+a+church+that+cares%2Caps%2C114&sr=8-1

Fred and Matt discuss ways to show the light of Christ and the gospel through community involvement - both as individuals and as churches.

On March 31, 2023, a historic tornado outbreak occurred across the Mid-South, doing particularly devastating damage in Covington, Tennessee. In this episode, Fred and Matt interview their friend Cliff Marion, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Covington, about the doors of ministry that the Lord opened in the aftermath of those storms.

Evangelism and discipleship go hand-in-hand. In this episode, Fred and Matt talk through ideas for building a culture of discipleship within the local church.

Here's the link to an article (referenced in the episode) that Matt wrote for LifeWay Research in 2020: https://research.lifeway.com/2020/06/04/how-to-avoid-sacrificing-evangelism-for-discipleship-and-vice-versa/

Fred and Matt discuss the church's ordination processes and ceremonies - both for deacons and for pastors.

Fred and Matt discuss the importance of effective sermon illustrations, as well as methods for collecting, tagging, and utilizing them.