Archive - Pastoral Theology

Pastor Privileged: Anti-intellectualism, Slowness, and some SAD news

Here's three things that happened in March 2026

Apr 7 • Joseph Lear

The Obama ICE Problem, or Praying Like a Dog

what pastoring should and does look like

Aug 21 • Joseph Lear

Tradition and the Spirit, or Let's Go Looting

Pentecostalism and submission to authority

Jan 14, 2025 • Joseph Lear

Pastoral Vibe-ology

It's HUSTLE MODE

Jun 8 • Joseph Lear

Church 🤝 Theology

About this Substack, and About Me

Jul 5, 2022 • Joseph Lear

Sermon, explained: But Where *is* the Water?

A lesson in how preachers preach and congregants learn

Jul 17 • Joseph Lear

Baptism Against Selfishness in the Shower

An Unlikely Lesson in Pastoral Theology

Apr 2 • Joseph Lear

Pastoral Theology with Hagar + Why it Matters

The challenge of the OT, being in character, and broken families

Jun 26 • Joseph Lear

Pastor Privileged Monthly: June 2026

Let Me be Your Doctor, the Challenge of Immigrant Churches, and a Pastoral Approach to America's 250

Jul 3 • Joseph Lear

Pastor Privileged Monthly: Problems with Church Planting Pep Rallies, the Quiet Power of Pentecost, and Renouncing Satan

Pastoral Reflections from May 2026

Jun 2 • Joseph Lear

People Aren't Leaving Church Because of Trump

on the spiritual malaise we all know and feel, but refuse to engage

Jul 29, 2024 • Joseph Lear

Am I an Evangelical?

A Tale of Two Conferences

Nov 4, 2022 • Joseph Lear

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