1. Preaching comprises a whole panoply of hard-won skills. We shortcut this process to our peril.
  2. The Church does leave her mark on the nations wherein she resides but in many cases the Church survives and outlives the nation.
  3. Wrestling alone puts us always at a disadvantage and every wrestling face-off needs a referee. Pastors are called to be such referees for their people.
  4. What preachers deliver to their hearers is not just one or another gift, a present or two that enriches life. Preachers also deliver the very presence of the Lord.
  5. By making a big deal of every baptism, of every confirmation, of every rite of matrimony, the Church takes a stand against the intrusion of consumerism, secularism, identity politics, subversive subcultures, gender dysphoria, and the like.

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