In discussing the message of Puritan evangelism, we will focus on five distinctive characteristics of Puritan preaching and consider how those characteristics differ from what is used in evangelistic preaching today. First, then, Puritan preaching was thoroughly biblical. The Puritan preacher found his message in God’s Word. “The faithfull Minister, like unto Christ, [is] one that preacheth nothing but the word of God,” said Puritan Edward Dering.1 John Owen agreed:
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