“I Will Not Be a Velvet-Mouthed Preacher!”

Earlier this evening I listened to a sermon preached by John Piper entitled, "I Will Not be a Velvet-Mouthed Preacher." It was a sermon centered on the life and preaching of George Whitefield. At first I thought it was a sermon about how a preacher must be straightforward and unapologetic in his sermons. I liked that, I sought for that. But what I heard was completely other. It isn't just about being straightforward, having been ...