This framework for understanding preaching firmly centralizes all preaching endeavors on God’s glory alone and shirks any human glory in the process.
The gift of preaching is the power of the Holy Spirit.
The ground of preaching is the cross of Jesus Christ.The goal of preaching is the glory of God reflected in the glad submission of the human heart.Preaching Framework: Piper lays out three driving theses for his philosophy of preaching: In this vein of thought the book encompasses two parts, a portion unpacking three theses of Piper on preaching and a portion on the wisdom of Jonathan Edward’s vision for preaching. Piper calls every preacher to herald God as the only satisfying joy in the lives of every person and it is to this end that directs his preaching.
He calls the preacher to highlight the need for God by encouraging a “gladful submission” (28) in which we take pleasure and delight in submitting ourselves to our King, holding Him above all else as our treasure. His text is a vivid plea to all preachers to make God supreme in every preaching endeavor, highlighting and exalting the grace of God in Christ Jesus. Synopsis: John Piper’s call for God saturated preaching is a much needed word to us all, regardless of our theological orientation and views of him. If God is not supreme in our preaching, where in this world will the people hear about the supremacy of God? If we do not spread a banquet of God’s beauty on Sunday morning, will not our people seek in vain to satisfy their inconsolable longing with the cotton candy pleasures of pastimes and religious hype? If the fountain of living water does not flow from the mountain of God’s sovereign grace on Sunday morning, will not the people hew for themselves cisterns on Monday, broken cisterns that can hold no water? (108-9)
John Piper’s The Supremacy of God in Preaching
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