At the Simeon Trust workshop (a meeting to help us read and preach the Bible more effectively), one of our leaders mentioned being asked the question: "What are the top five most nourishing, helpful, influential sermons you've ever heard in your life?"
I thought of a list. Below are some of mine (that I am aware of - and I actually could be wrong - God may have used a certain sermon I don't even remember to spur me on to holiness and Christ-likeness like none of these ever have!):
1. S. M. Lockridge: A sermon on the word "Amen" that contains the greatest 6 minutes of preaching I've ever heard in my life: "That's My King!"
The full sermon is here.
2. John Piper: Is God For Us Or For Himself?
Another like it by Al Mohler: Whatever Happened To The Glory Of God?
3. John Piper: Romans 3:21-26: The Just And The Justifier
4. John Piper: Why Expositional Preaching Is Particularly Glorifying to God
5. John Piper: Boasting Only In The Cross
6. John Piper: Boiling For Christ
7. David Platt: Divine Sovereignty: The Fuel Of Death Defying Missions
Another like it by John Piper: Doing Missions When Dying Is Gain
8. Kevin DeYoung: Never Spoke a Man Like This Before: Inerrancy, Evangelism, and Christ’s Unbreakable Bible
9. Tim Keller and Ed Clowney: A preaching class they team taught: Preaching Christ in a Postmodern World
10. John Piper: Any of his biographical sermons at his pastor's conferences.
11. These sermons on every book of the Bible: Pastor Mark Dever's Overview Sermons On Every Book Of The Bible
12. These two sermons by Ligon Duncan confirmed for me that the Father did turn His face away from Jesus on the cross, and the Father was angry with His Son on the cross:
b. Psalm 89: A Psalm For Adversity
These sermons were also published in a book: When Pain Is Real and God Seems Silent: Finding Hope in the Psalms
13. A preaching series on the five points of Calvinism - one sermon on each of the five points - changed my understanding of God and life forever! This is not the exact series I heard, but it's a good one: John Piper: TULIP
14. Old Billy Graham sermons. Sometimes I think everyone else merely lectures - only Billy Graham actually preached 🙂
15. These two lectures by Al Mohler on leading with conviction, which include a testimony of God's faithfulness to him when he became the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary:
a. The Cost Of Conviction Part 1
b. The Cost Of Conviction Part 2
16. And one essay: John Piper: Is God Less Glorious Because He Ordained That Evil Be?
17. And one book, other than the Bible: John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations Of A Christian Hedonist
18. And one documentary: American Gospel: Christ Alone
Or a free, shorter version on YouTube here.
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