trials, by experience of the depth of corruption in his own heart, and by discoveries of the Savior’s fullness of grace.”6 But the ministry is not generic service; it is the ministry of the gospel, the specific terms of which are written down in Scripture. Those terms may be gathered up in two big baskets: preaching and pastoring. Preaching is the minister’s most important duty. In fact, it is arguably the most important task in the world, because the lost cannot (ordinarily)