The Tone of Preaching

John Piper recently wrote an interesting article on the tone that we should pursue when in the pulpit.  There is a lot of sound advice here, especially coming from someone who has been preaching for 31 years.  Piper writes:

What tone should you aim at in preaching?

My answer is: Pursue the tone of the text. But let it be informed, not muted, by the tonal balance of Jesus and the apostles and by the gospel of grace.

Take a moment and read the entire article over at desiringgod.org.