Jamin Goggin on Pastoral Sins, Confession, and Accountability

About this episode

This episode features a conversation with Dr. Jamin Goggin discussing various aspects of pastoral life including power, confession, and pride.

This episode is a conversation with Dr. Jamin Goggin of Talbot School of Theology. We discuss pastoral power (2:35), pastoral confession (11:37), pastoral pride (25:02), and more. Get the book here . *** We’re expanding to YouTube! Please subscribe and share, as we’ll be launching in 2026. Find the channel at: youtube.com/@churchgrammar Church Grammar is presented by the PhD and ThM programs at Gateway Seminary , which seek to blend the best of American and British programs by balancing a broad, robust education through seminars with close, one-on-one mentoring during the writing phase. Producer: Cody Barnhart. Intro music: Purple Dinosaur by  nobigdyl. Brandon D. Smith is Chair of the Hobbs School of Theology & Ministry and Associate Professor of Theology & Early Christianity at Oklahoma Baptist University , a co-founder of the  Center for Baptist Renewal , and  writes things . You can follow him  on Twitter  at @brandon_d_smith. Check out his recent books:  The Trinity in the Book of Revelation   (IVP Academic, 2022), The Biblical Trinity (Lexham, 2023), The Trinity in the Canon (B&H Academic, 2023), and Taught by God…

People in this episode

Host: Brandon D. Smith

Guest: Dr Jamin Goggin

Topics covered

• pastoral power
• pastoral confession
• pastoral pride

Keywords

• accountability
• ministry
• theology

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Pastoral Confessions: The Healing Path to Faith & Ministry

Books & works: Purple Dinosaur, The Trinity in the Book of Revelation, The Biblical Trinity, The Trinity in the Canon, Taught by God, Ancient Hermeneutics for the Modern Church, Beholding the Triune God

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