In this 2006 sermon on John 1:19–37, Mike Bullmore shares how God used John Piper to move him from teaching at TEDS to pastoring CrossWay. Listen from 4:47 to 9:23.
“Yep. God does stuff like that.”
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Great link, brother. So appreciate Mike’s ministry, and of course the ministry that inspired it.
I will say, as I’m guessing you would, that both teaching and preaching are highly needed forms of ministry. Some try to pit the two against one another: preaching is on the front lines, but teaching builds up, strengthens, helps the front lines work. God definitely does call preachers out of teaching. This is a powerful story of how that happened.
Incidentally, do you happen to have access to the TEDS audio of Piper’s sermon? Would love to get that, as Bullmore says here that Piper speaks more about his call. That would be valuable and helpful to have.
Agreed, Owen.
I don’t know if the audio is available, but I’ve heard John Piper tell his story many times in various contexts. I think the time Mike is referring may be an unrecorded dinner conversation.
Good stuff. Thanks for pointing that out, Andy!