The Pastor Theologians Podcast BONUS | Joey Sherrard on Books and Preaching
Apr 13, 2026
Joey Sherrard, pastoral theologian and CPT fellow who writes on Augustine, discusses Augustine's On Christian Teaching and The Augustinian Pastor. He frames Scripture and preaching as aimed at loving God and neighbor. Talks cover preaching as teaching, delighting, and persuading, the role of beauty and affect, and prayerful dependence for ministry.
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Hermeneutics Aim At Loving God And Neighbor
- Augustine locates the goal of all scripture and ministry in loving God and loving neighbor.
- He frames earthly goods as pilgrim means that point believers toward enjoying God, resolving apparent competition between divine and neighborly love.
Loving Neighbor Expresses Loving God
- Augustine shows loving God and loving neighbor are mutually reinforcing, not competing ends.
- Joey explains loving neighbor can be an expression of loving God within a pilgrimage framework using worldly goods as means.
Preaching Should Teach Delight And Persuade
- Augustine gives a threefold rhetorical aim for preaching: to teach, to delight, and to persuade.
- Joey highlights that preaching must move from explanation to showing beauty and sometimes to argue people into a transformed life.
