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Only Be Strong and Courageous: Why Every Pastor Needs a Tender Heart and a Tough Hide

 | Dan Doriani
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Stream or download the audio recording from this breakout session titled Only Be Strong and Courageous: Why Every Pastor Needs a Tender Heart and a Tough Hide with Dan Doriani that was delivered at The Gospel Coalition’s 2019 National Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Bible often commands leaders to be strong and courageous. Considering the challenges of leadership, this is as essential as it is difficult. The profiles of leaders in Scripture, together with the psalms of lament, teach pastors to be both tough and tender.

Dan Doriani (MDiv, PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary; STM, Yale Divinity School; research fellow, Yale University, 1981, 1995) is professor of theology at Covenant Theological Seminary; interim senior pastor at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama; and a Board member of The Gospel Coalition. He is the founder and president of the Center for Faith and Work, St. Louis. He has written many books on exegesis and biblical ethics, most recently Romans and Matthew in the Reformed Expository Commentary series, Getting the Message: A Plan for Interpreting and Applying the Bible, and Work That Makes a Difference. He has three children and five grandchildren.