My opinion? I would say that Paul Washer is probably the strongest preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ that we have in America today on somewhat of a national scene. You may not even know who he is. Please look him up....and his ministry. I'll give you an example of what he is like. He was giving a conference talk to young people....and he described today's church wasting time and chasing after baubles....and everyone started clapping....showing agreement....whereas Washer....in his soft and halting voice asked of them....'What are you clapping about? I'm talking about you!"
R. C. Sproul has meant more to me than any nationally known minister. I've probably listened to his last sermon from late 2017....at least a dozen times. I have all his books and many of his tapes going back to VHS tapes! God took him home in December of 2017....rather suddenly. We lost that voice.
We lost Billy Graham two months after R. C.! Actually we lost his voice a few years earlier because of his age. We lost Tim Keller in 2023....Phil Robertson....the Duck Commander last May....Alistair Begg retired in June....John MacArthur went to be with his Lord in July....and Voddie Baucham in September. Many more faithful unheralded pastors have gone on to glory. The silence has becoming deafening.
To make matters even worse....there are probably more false voices today than at any other time in the history in the world....and more podiums and podcasts and broadcasts to carry those voices to itchy ears.
There are at least two ways of looking at this....probably more....God punished us by taking away our strongest voices....or this....God took our strongest voices away to force us to rely only on Him!
Addendum: There are two major conferences coming up....R. C. Sproul's Ligonier National Conference on February 9-11in Orlando....and John MacArthur's Shepherd's Conference on March 4-6 in Los Angeles. Paul Washer is speaking at both....and they can be streamed live. My prayer.....should it be in God's will....is that the Holy Spirit would shake the very foundations of these patterned and at times timid conferences....'timid'....in that....for instance....the topic of the Shepherd's Conference is a remembrance of the wonderful ministry of John MacArthur. As truly wonderful as that ministry was....it is like a ship that is sinking....but the entire crew stopped bailing water to present the captain with an award....and it is probably the last thing that the captain would want.
After posting this.....I thought That I would give you an example of Paul Washer speaking.
