"Never play at preaching, nor beat about the bush; get at it, and always mean business."
-Charles H. Spurgeon
This blog will attempt to foster a fruitful public discussion on the role of laity in the support, encouragement, and defense of faithful ordained clergy who refuse to bow the knee to the idols of our day. 'For in our words we must speak modestly toward them and not address them roughly, haughtily, and defiantly, but yield to them and be silent.' (from Martin Luther's Large Catechism.)
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I am so very grateful for pastors who 'stand under the text', as Helmut Thielicke put it. They study and firmly grasp its message and are eager to proclaim its life-giving words.
They consequently waste no time with pitiful attempts at relevance--cutesy stories designed to make parishioners chuckle or news of what they did while on summer vacation.
The business of Law and Gospel presses them on to the cross of Christ, for they know that this message is serious business, a matter of death and life to their parishioners.
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