Preaching is central to the pastoral task. Both the Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions bear witness to this. Even the vows for ordination make this plain. But do we as pastors give it the pride of place that we ought? In this episode, Dave Petersen (pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN, and Departmental Editor of Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran Liturgy) takes a look at how pastors should make preaching great again. The first step is to admit that we could do better, that we have become lax in our preparation as well as our execution of this central duty. He uncovers the presuppositional and tangible obstacles pastors face in preaching and then gives some practical steps to take to overcome them. 

Here are the books mentioned in this episode:

• T. David Gordon, Why Johnny Can’t Preach

• Deborah Tannen, That’s Not What I Meant

• Paul Scott Willson, God Sense

• Andrew Louth, Discerning the Mystery

• Gene Veith, Reading Between the Lines

• Thomas Habinek, Ancient Rhetoric

• George Kenedy, New Testament Interpretation Through Rhetorical Criticism

• Matthew Dicks, Storyworthy

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