The Ministry of the Word It has pleased God, particularly “through the foolishness of what is preached [τοῦ κηρύγματος, tou kērygmatos], to save those who believe” (1 Cor. 1:21). Because true preaching must be biblically based, the Larger Catechism (Question 159) admonishes the minister of God’s Word to preach “sound doctrine.” This means, of course, that he must preach the Word of God as God intends it to be preached. The Catechism then uses six adverbs to describe how he is to preach this doctrine: