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In the final chapter, Richard Baxter provides practical]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@axietrashgame/richard-baxters-vision-for-personal-instruction-and-lasting-ministry-impact-fdn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@axietrashgame/richard-baxters-vision-for-personal-instruction-and-lasting-ministry-impact-fdn</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[axietrashgame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:10:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enduring Hardships for the Flock: Baxter’s Call to Resilient Pastoral Care and Self-Denial]]></title><description><![CDATA[This reflection will be the seventh. After this, I will conclude and recap all that I shared about Richard Baxter's book, The Reformed Pastor. In this post, I will share insights from the book's 8th and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@axietrashgame/enduring-hardships-for-the-flock-baxters-call-to-resilient-pastoral-care-and-selfdenial-drw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@axietrashgame/enduring-hardships-for-the-flock-baxters-call-to-resilient-pastoral-care-and-selfdenial-drw</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[axietrashgame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 05:49:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Call to Diligent and Transformative Pastoral Care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time to share my sixth reflection on Baxter's book, Reformed Pastor. This time, the chapters that I will be covering are 6 and 7. The Weight of Stewardship In the 6th chapter, Baxter provides the theological]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@axietrashgame/a-call-to-diligent-and-transformative-pastoral-care-fkw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@axietrashgame/a-call-to-diligent-and-transformative-pastoral-care-fkw</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[axietrashgame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:11:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confession and Unity: Baxter’s Call to Humility and Renewal in Pastoral Ministry]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my fifth reflection about Richard Baxter's book, The Reformed Pastor. I would like to share the insights I gleaned from chapters 4 and 5 in this article. Pride and Confession In the fourth chapter,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@axietrashgame/confession-and-unity-baxters-call-to-humility-and-renewal-in-pastoral-ministry-awq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@axietrashgame/confession-and-unity-baxters-call-to-humility-and-renewal-in-pastoral-ministry-awq</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[axietrashgame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:46:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guardians of the Flock: The Call to Pastoral Care and Ministry]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I checked my last post on Richard Baxter's book, The Reformed Pastor, it appears to me that it is taking me almost a week to write a follow-up reflection. 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