These are some of the questions students on certain courses at Southern Baptist are getting their teeth into. See here.
Benjamin Beddome, The Nature and Authority of the Christian Ministry (in Sermons
printed from the manuscripts of the late Rev. Benjamin Beddome, A.M. [London:
William Ball, 1835], 302): What should a minister of the gospel aim at?
Beddome, Nature and Authority of the Christian Ministry (Sermons, 303): Why does
Beddome spend time outlining the “circumstances of men before conversion”?
Beddome, Nature and Authority of the Christian Ministry (Sermons, 303–304):
a. How are men converted?
b. What does the section I.2 tell you about Beddome’s view of preaching?
Beddome, Nature and Authority of the Christian Ministry (Sermons, 304–305):
a. What does being a “fisher of men” require?
b. What do you think Beddome means by “Fisherman have their wiles and stratagems,
and so have ministers”?
c. How does Beddome view pastoral ministry according to the section on
“Diligence”?
Beddome, Nature and Authority of the Christian Ministry (Sermons, 305):
a. What theological conviction underlies the statement that the “most faithful and
zealous, the most skilful and industrious, are not always the most useful”?
b. What reasons does Beddome give for this assertion?
c. Do you agree with Beddome? Why or why not?
Beddome, Nature and Authority of the Christian Ministry (Sermons, 305–306): How
does Beddome view conversion?
Beddome, Nature and Authority of the Christian Ministry (Sermons, 306–308):
a. In what five ways is a minister “entirely indebted to Christ”? Would you agree with
Beddome?
b. Christ “puts the light of divine knowledge into [the] heads” of ministers and
“implants the seeds of holiness in their hearts”: why does Beddome believe both of
these things are necessary for pastoral ministry?
c. How is a man actually called to be a pastor?
Beddome, Nature and Authority of the Christian Ministry (Sermons, 308–309):
a. What points of application does Beddome make with regard to ministers of the
gospel and their congregations?
b. Which of these points do you think is especially necessary to make in our day and
why?
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