Professionalism has nothing to do with the essence and heart of the Christian ministry, Piper argues, and the more professional we long to be, the more spiritual death we will leave in our wake. In this revised and expanded edition he addresses fellow pastors in a series of short, pointed chapters, each beginning Brothers, and each pressing a single conviction.

The subjects range from the obvious to the unexpected: prayer, Bible study and preaching, but also fasting, the fight against lust, the care of one's wife, racial harmony, the question of how long to stay in one place, and the pastor's own mortality. It is the kind of book pastors return to a chapter at a time rather than read through once. Published by B&H.