Great preaching on John and Genesis

John Piper has begun a preaching series in the Gospel of John, and Mark Dever has begun a series in the book of Genesis. This is wonderfully exciting news!

C. J. Mahaney has commented on several occasions that, on the night before he is to preach, he reads a sermon by Charles Spurgeon on the same passage of Scripture. The inevitable outcome, according to Mahaney, is great humility due to the complete inadequacy of what he has prepared. Mike Bullmore has remarked that after listening to excellent preaching, his heart's response is twofold: a sense of despair at his own perceived lack of ability as a preacher, and a sense of excitement that Sunday is coming and he will have the privilege of stepping again into the pulpit and expounding God's Word.

I have the same experience when listening to John Piper and Mark Dever preach (and in listening to C. J. Mahaney and Mike Bullmore, for that matter). I only wish they had preached these series earlier -- I just finished preaching through the Gospel of John, and two weeks ago I preached on Genesis 3. I look forward to feeling inadequate frequently in the weeks and months to come.