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 had to list ten! Here are 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!": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUDgBNhKBME
Full sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BhI4JKACUs
2. John Piper: Is God For Us Or For Himself? https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/is-god-for-us-or-for-himself--2
3. John Piper: Romans 3:21-26: The Just And The Justifier: https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-just-and-the-justifier
4. John Piper: Why Expositional Preaching Is Particularly Glorifying to God: https://t4g.org/resources/john-piper/why-expositional-preaching-is-particularly-glorifying-to-god-session-vi/
5. David Platt: Divine Sovereignty: The Fuel Of Death Defying Missions: https://t4g.org/resources/david-platt/divine-sovereignty-the-fuel-of-death-defying-missions-2/
6. Kevin DeYoung: Never Spoke a Man Like This Before: Inerrancy, Evangelism, and Christ’s Unbreakable Bible: https://t4g.org/resources/kevin-deyoung/never-spoke-a-man-like-this-before-inerrancy-evangelism-and-christs-unbreakable-bible/
7. Tim Keller and Ed Clowney: A preaching class they team taught: Preaching Christ in a Postmodern World: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/course/preaching-christ-postmodern-world/#introduction-to-the-course
8. John Piper: Almost any of his biographical sermons at his pastor's conferences: https://www.desiringgod.org/biographies
9. 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: https://www.desiringgod.org/series/tulip
10. Old Billy Graham sermons. Sometimes I think everyone else merely lectures - only Billy Graham actually preached 🙂 . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBQv0i4NnKU
11. And one essay: John Piper: Is God Less Glorious Because He Ordained That Evil Be?: https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/is-god-less-glorious-because-he-ordained-that-evil-be
12. And one book, other than the Bible: John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations Of A Christian Hedonist: https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/desiring-god-john-piper-9781601423108?variant=9996172066863
13. And one documentary: American Gospel: Christ Alone: https://www.watchagtv.com/american-gospel-christ-alone/videos/american-gospel-christ-alone
Or a free, shorter version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocHm18wUAGU
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