Charles Swindoll is a pastor’s pastor. He has devoted his life to the accurate, practical teaching and application of God’s Word and His grace. He has learned in the trenches what it means to lead a local church.

"A great deal of confusion exists today as to what pastors are to be," Lawrence writes. "Are they chaplains, CEO's, preachers, managers, or counselors? Paul gave us the answer long ago: They are to be equippers, disciple-makers." Just as the great artist Michelangelo took a chipped and flawed piece of marble and transformed it into a masterful sculpture of David, so does a pastor with his flock. "This is pastoring", writes Lawrence, "serving as sculptors of souls."

Life for someone in pastoral ministry comes with many delights as well as numerous challenges. A pastor must fill many different roles throughout their ministry, often during the same season of life. From discipling, counseling, and preaching, to worship and managing the resources of a congregation, many skills are required of the minister. From authors including Timothy Keller, Constantine Campbell, Bryan Chapell, Jay Adams, Christopher Wright, John Koessler, and others, the resources from Zondervan collected here will both equip and encourage as you pursue your ministry.

Containing some of the best Zondervan works, this is a comprehensive library of premier Evangelical Christian biblical research. Resources included in this collection provide readers with a wide array of content from Greek and Hebrew textbook to biblical interpretation, hermeneutics and bible study, from commentaries, biblical exegesis, theology, and church history, to pastoral ministry, life application, and devotional material. You will benefit from the scholarly and practical guidance from authors including Douglas Moo, D.A. Carson, John Walton, Tremper Longman, III, and Walter Kaiser, and some of its most-respected series, including Word Biblical Commentary, NIV Application Commentary, Expositor’s Bible Commentary, and the Counterpoints series. With this collection you will have an immense Bible reference library to engage with key scholars, doctrines, and events of the Christian faith.