Always Reforming: Together for the Gospel says the following:
First, I was convicted regarding my fears, inadequacies and sins as a preacher of God’s word. All the men who spoke emphasized that fact that a preacher must fearlessly proclaim God’s word, no matter what the consequences…
Second, my appreciation for the redeeming grace of God expressed through the message of the Gospel and proclaimed through the mystery of the act of preaching was deepened…
Third, I was affirmed in my belief that preaching is not teaching. Preaching, as John Piper rightly put it, is expositional exultation, that is, careful biblical evaluation and instruction passionately and joyfully celebrated and applied from the pulpit…
Fourth, I was confirmed in my motivating philosophy of ministry, namely, that the central work of the church is all about the proclamation of the gospel in and through the act of preaching and what some called the normal or regular means of ministry in the local church. To a man, all of the speakers said that they were baffled as to why they had gained such followings when all that they had been doing was faithfully expositing God’s word. “
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