We'll come back to the podcast on this Thursday.

John Piber has preached a couple thousand sermons in front of a few hundred thousand people

around the world.

Only the Lord knows the true count.

I tried to put the numbers together and I couldn't figure it all out.

Whatever the exact numbers is a lot of sermons in front of a lot of people.

And a young preacher wants to know, Pastor John, how your preaching has been critiqued over

the years.

Here's his email.

My name is Aaron and I'm a very new preacher from Australia.

Pastor John, I've read your book Expository Exaltation and I found it thoroughly helpful.

My question for you is this, in your early years and perhaps even now, what kind of criticisms

have you received for your preaching in particular?

Have you received feedback in regard to your volume?

How loud do you preach sometimes?

I love your passion, but have people ever given you feedback, teaching you to adjust your

tone, dynamics, or expression?

What did you do with the criticism and what have you learned from it over the years?

I'm laughing because I can remember some really funny feedback.

So Aaron asks about the loudness, tone, dynamics, but let me broaden this out and give you

10 criticisms that John Piper's preaching has received over the years and how I've tried

to respond to each.

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