I agree with everything you said. But In reality, I wonder why many pastors from the LCMS whose sermons I have heard over the years, rarely mention the Confessions, the Book of Concord, or the madness of the times in which we live. Rarely a mention of abortion, same sex marriage, or timely issues affecting the church. A short sermon with the pablum of superficially, a quick spoonful of the milk of the Word, and the congregation remains still hungry and is not fed as they should. The problems of which you speak should be addressed in the Pulpit more frequently. Soli Deo Gloria