The Privilege of Preaching

In this message John Piper wants to “. . . give you ten reasons why persevering in Christian preaching — expository exultation — is a great privilege. By privilege, I mean the straightforward dictionary definition: “a benefit enjoyed by a person beyond the advantages of most.” But I don’t want to overstate the privilege, lest I come under Jesus’s rebuke of the 72 disciples, who returned to Jesus with the excited claim that they enjoyed the privilege that the demons were subject to them.”

The Centrality of Character to Preaching

“The importance and priority of preaching can be even seen within the architecture of some Protestant traditions, where the pulpit is usually raised to portray its prominence. Only we mustn’t allow this emphasis to overshadow another central aspect to pulpit ministry: the character of the preacher.”

What Pope Francis Can Teach Us About Preaching

Stick with us here. There are some helpful insights that can be extrapolated.