The Supremacy of God in Preaching

by John Piper

Unknown Binding

Published February 3, 2015

About the author

John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as senior pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College, Fuller Theological Seminary (B.D.), and the University of Munich (D.theol.). For six years, he taught Biblical Studies at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in 1980 accepted the call to serve as pastor at Bethlehem.

John is the author of more than 50 books and more than 30 years of his preaching and teaching is available free at desiringGod.org. John and his wife, Noel, have four sons, one daughter, and twelve grandchildren.

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Reviews

[Jeremy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is only the third book I have read by John Piper, but as a growing preacher, I found it to be very edifying. I enjoyed very much Piper's thoughts on Edwards and the way in which Edwards has shaped Piper's thinking on preaching. There is also a chapter on Calvin and being "tethered" to the text, which I really resonated with. It flies in the face of so much that has happened in the modern evangelical church, and the desire to be relatable or even to entertain. This is a great and refreshing look at what it means to be a preacher and pastor who points to God's greatness every time he speaks.

[Clayton · Rating 4 out of 5]

John Piper writes as he preached - excellently. I really enjoyed this book and what holds me back from giving it that fifth and final star is that a lot of the book was focused on how Jonathan Edwards preached the supremacy of God in all things. That's nice, but I feel like that belonged in another book. Truthfully with that section removed, this book would have been a very, very helpful insight but the information on Edwards, while helpful, really detracted from the rest of the book.

[Katie Tootle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple and good read! Convicting yet inspiring. I absolutely LOVED the final section involving Johnathan Edwards.