{"id":69313,"date":"2023-12-29T16:55:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T22:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=69313"},"modified":"2023-12-29T17:12:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T23:12:54","slug":"best-books-for-pastors-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=69313","title":{"rendered":"Best Books for Pastors in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We asked pastors around the world a simple question: what books did you read in 2023 that helped you be a better pastor? We\u2019ve curated their responses below. (See our 2022 list <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9marks.org\/article\/best-books-for-pastors-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, 2020 list <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9marks.org\/article\/best-books-for-pastors-in-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, 2019 list <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9marks.org\/article\/best-books-for-pastors-in-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, 2018 list <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9marks.org\/article\/best-books-for-pastors-in-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, 2017 list <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9marks.org\/article\/best-books-for-pastors-in-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/a>.<span data-contrast=\"none\">)<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>* * * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Made-Friendship-Relationship-Sorrows-Doubles\/dp\/143355819X\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1703703550&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Made for Friendship<\/a>, by Drew Hunter\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cA wonderful blend of theological instruction and practical applications. It was extremely helpful to think about my own friendships, encouraged me to be a better friend, and grew my appreciation for the Friend of friends, Jesus Christ.\u201d \u2013 Dave Kiehn, lead pastor of Park Baptist Church in Rock Hill, SC.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Existence-Attributes-God-Set-Unabridged\/dp\/1433565900\/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1JJAEPVP9UM37&amp;keywords=2.+The+Existence+and+Attributes+of+God&amp;qid=1703703643&amp;sprefix=2.+the+existence+and+attributes+of+god%2Caps%2C92&amp;sr=8-3&amp;ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18630bbb-fcbb-42f8-9767-857e17e03685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Existence and Attributes of God: Updated and Unabridged<\/a>, by Stephen Charnock (Edited by Mark Jones)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI remember hearing John MacArthur saying this was one of his favorite books. Charnock\u2019s book is time tested and helped me see the greatness and beauty of God. I read a few pages every day and found my heart warmed by its theological depth, Christ-centeredness, and practical uses (applications).\u201d \u2013 Alex Hong, pastor of Christian Fellowship Bible Church in West<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We asked pastors around the world a simple question: what books did you read in 2023 that helped you be a better pastor?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":727,"featured_media":69435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[793],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9marks","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/made-for-friendship-197x300-2-1.jpg?fit=197%2C300&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/727"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69313"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69437,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69313\/revisions\/69437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}