"Everybody needs a preacher" Advent 3 2022

Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin · Dec 12, 2022 · 12m

Everybody needs a preacher. Herod needed a preacher. John’s disciples needed a preacher. John, in prison, needed a preacher. Without a preacher, the objective truth gets overwhelmed by subjectivity. Without a preacher, we get so caught up in our proverbial male cow dung that we lose sight of what is good, right, and true. Without a preacher, we turn inward to our delusions and story-telling and stop hearing and seeing what is real. Without a preacher, we get lost in our sin—with its lusts, desires, and passions—and lose the gift of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Everybody needs a…