Does this sound like your church budget process at the end of the year?

You get last year's budget and go through with a committee line by line,

maybe what we should spend next year.

Maybe you have a prayer.

But where's the word of God in this process?

When do the people hear what the small catechism says about giving and why we do it?

Contact us at LCMS stewardship so that we can help you fix this process, put the word of God first,

and put your congregation on a good fitting. LCMS.org slash stewardship. We've been talking about Lutheran preaching so far. We've discussed what bad

preaching is. What are the basic characteristics of good preaching? Some myths about Lutheran preaching, some of which

have undermined good preaching for some decades. Well, what do we say about the proper

structure of a sermon or whether or not a pastor should write his sermon or what parishioners ought to be listening for every Sunday when they listen to Lutheran preaching.

Welcome back to issues, et cetera.

Joining us for the conclusion of our two-part series on Lutheran preaching,

Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Warden Illinois

and Zion Lutheran Church in Carpenter, Illinois, and

He's coordinator of stewardship for the Lutheran Church, Missouri Senate,

an author of the new book telling people what to think a concise homiletics

for Lutheran parish pastors.

Heath, welcome back.

Always good to be with you, Todd.

Why are some Lutheran preachers apparently allergic to Christian exhortation?

I think it's the pendulum reaction. The pendulum's

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