Preaching lay at the heart of the evangelical revival of the eighteenth century. The early heroes of the movement, Whitefield and Wesley, are remembered today mostly for their remarkable preaching. For the evangelical Anglican, the sermon was the climax of divine service. It was in the sermon that God spoke most clearly and directly to His people. It was in the sermon that the gospel message was most plainly expounded, the message that possessed the unique power to bring sinners to spiritual rebirth and life. For the evangelical, a call to the ministry was a call to preach, and Johnson was no exception in this regard. He saw himself primarily as a preacher, appointed to proclaim God's grace in Christ to "miserable offenders". So, what sort of a preacher was he?
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