{"podcast":{"title":"Trench Talk","slug":"trench-talk-4428","podcast_index_feed_id":4428,"rss_url":"https://practicalshepherding.com/trenchtalk?format=rss","website_url":"https://practicalshepherding.com/trenchtalk/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d93a9a2d9f11575968dc322/1578581476514-80VFYNJOQGFAGQICAO2C/podcast-cover.png?format=1500w","author":"Sean Corser","episode_count":300,"summary":"Practical Shepherding is a Gospel-driven resource center for pastors and church leaders to equip them in the practical matters of pastoral ministry. In this podcast, pastor Brian Croft sits down with other pastors to discuss the gritty details of pastoral ministry. Our goal is to examine the life and work of a pastor and give helpful guidance for our brothers laboring with us. This is a podcast by pastors for pastors. We are in the trenches of ministry with you, and we want to equip you to continue in this task.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T18:17:41.544948+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 329: Preaching to the tender conscience","slug":"ep-329-preaching-to-the-tender-conscience","published_at":"2026-06-30T12:01:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428/ep-329-preaching-to-the-tender-conscience","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428","url":"https://practicalshepherding.com/trenchtalk/329","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d93a9a2d9f11575968dc322/t/6a43b354d87ffa0695ff9c58/1782821723041/328_Preaching+to+the+tender+conscience-esv2-70p-bg-10p-music-10p.mp3","summary":"Contact us . We’d love to serve you Request a stay at a Shepherd’s House Location Give financially to support the work of helping pastors thrive Write a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Purchase tickets for the Advancing the Church Equip Conference taking place September 10-11, 2026 in New Albany, IN. Find our newest book release, Pastor, what are you wearing? Learning the Unspoken, Powerful Message of Attire by Kyle McClellan here. (03:32) Setting up the Topic: Good Shepherd, bruised reed, and advocate (John 10; Matt 12; 1 John 2) (06:21) 2 Timothy 4:2 – strong exhortation joined with great patience and teaching (07:52) Why harsh, “hammer” preaching is celebrated (reaction to church-growth / soft preaching) (12:37) Croft’s overreaction to weak preaching and a friend’s “you need to chill” correction (16:15) Faithful and effective: fear of man, law-only vs. comfort-only ministry (20:10) How to preach to tender consciences: wounding and then binding up (22:56) Knowing your flock: medicine vs. poison and dangers of one-tone preaching (24:55) Keeping sermons hopeful; translating private care of sensitive souls into public preaching (28:23) Law–gospel tension and the exhausting pursuit of doing “enough” (32:00) Grace, obedience, assurance, and pride in the tender conscience (33:05) Final exhortations: patience, prayer, and accepting we cannot fix people","meta_description":"Contact us . We’d love to serve you Request a stay at a Shepherd’s House Location Give financially to support the work of helping pastors thrive Write a r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2093,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trench-talk-4428/episodes/ep-329-preaching-to-the-tender-conscience/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428/ep-329-preaching-to-the-tender-conscience.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}