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He is given his call, his task before his people, very specific things that he is to do and very specific

ways he is to lead. He needs to lead by the word of God, by a setting example, and by actually

being a father to the family of the congregation, a shepherd to the flock of the congregation.

Welcome back to Issues Cedar. I'm Todd Wilkin. We interviewed to Pastor David Peterson

yesterday about biblical leadership. He is pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana,

editor of Godistines, the Journal of Lutheran Liturgy, author of recent columns on biblical leadership

for Godestine's. We discussed how the pastor is leading a flock, how he needs to exercise some

self-awareness, and to remember that he's not leading volunteers, his mission is the people.

Let's pick up where we left off with Pastor Peterson's

answer to my question. What should we make of biblical leadership in essence deliberately

setting an example to the flock as the apostle Paul says? Oh yeah, I like that. Well,

you're going to be an example whether you want to be or not that people are watching. I like how you put that there. Setting an example means we're conscious of the fact

that we're being watched, that we're an example, and we're, we're biblically literate,

so that we know what we're doing, or we know how to respond when we fail so that we respond appropriately

and it's not accidental right that you know the way that we act at home will impact the way that

our children view the world and who they think God is the way that we behave in the chancel

will directly impact who they think God is and what he's like.

You know, so all of these things are very kind of deliberate and conscious. And you're going to be an

example one way or another. You're called upon to actually be an example on purpose and to recognize

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