Letter to Timothy: Pastoral Work and the Calling to Preach

Dear Timothy, You know that recently I have been writing you about the responsibility of the people of God in the pew. I was somewhat surprised by the reaction which this discussion stirred up. Some of those who reacted were not very happy with what I had to say; a number insisted that I was missing the point and talking to the wrong people. I should be talking, they said, to the minister because the preaching is not always what it ought to be. If there is a problem in the pew this problem is...