| Thanks in large part to the internet, we live in something of a golden age of preaching. With a click of the mouse we can listen to John Piper preaching Romans or Tim Keller working through Jonah. We can even listen to the late Martyn Lloyd-Jones, who died in 1984 but still speaks through the gift of audio files. We can download and read sermons from Spurgeon and Jonathan Edwards, among a host of other pulpit giants. What does this mean for local churches and the men who preach every Lord’s Day in their pulpits? Does it mean a pastor must compete with this hoard of preaching riches available to his people? As a pastor, I know it’s quite easy to feel that way—but we shouldn’t. Brother pastor, if you are faithfully leading and feeding your flock week in and week out, you give your congregation something the aforementioned greats cannot—yourself. You are a better pastor for them than Spurgeon or Piper or Edwards because God has placed you among them, as John Beeson argues in this wise, encouraging article, Why I’m a Better Pastor for You Than Piper or Keller. |
