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John Piper contends that preaching is not simply an exercise in motivational speaking. The goal of preaching is to worship God, and proclaim Him as Supreme. It is God’s desire to be glorified through the preacher, and the aim of the preacher is to respond accordingly. The Supremacy of God in Preaching is not another “how-to” guide for the pulpit ministry, but is a challenge issued toward every...

faith comes—and stays—by the hearing of the Word of God in the gospel (Rom. 10:17). Surely every preacher should say, with all gravity, “Who is sufficient for these things”—to save sinners, to revive the church, to preserve the saints! So I repeat my thesis: Gladness and gravity should be woven together in the life and preaching of a pastor in such a way as to sober the careless soul and sweeten the burdens of the saints. Love for people cannot treat awesome realities lightly (hence, gravity!), and
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