Why I (and others) appreciate Piper’s preaching

Mark Dever wrote this about John Piper in the Introduction to Preaching the Cross (which C. J. Mahaney also quoted in his recent interview of Dever):

What a gift John is to the church. While too many of us are saying a lot of things quickly and running on to the next, John stops. And stands. And stays. And stares at God’s Word. Sometimes he stares at something that seems so obvious, but he keeps staring until it begins to expand and fill the horizon of his sight. It becomes rich and detailed and luscious and intricate and full and demanding and hope-giving and life-affirming and sin-denying and sacrifice-requiring and adjective-adding. John prays and thinks until the part of God’s Word which seems simple and obvious becomes fresh and powerful.