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Sermons that Hit Me like a Ton of Bricks

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 Sermons that Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks

Every sermon I have sat under has shaped me. There is no doubt that one of the primary means God uses to accomplish His ends in us is the regular, ordinary, and faithful preaching of Christ and Him Crucified each week in the life of the local church. 


This is not a top ten list or anything like that. If you belong to a healthy church where the Word is preached, likely the top ten sermons for your spiritual formation are from five weeks ago and five weeks from now in the place where God currently has you. 


For the most part, these sermons became a part of my life before I found a local church. My mind was fresh, and I was hungry. I was an atheist who began to believe that Jesus really did rise from the dead. I wanted to know everything I could about the God that I was on the brink of surrendering my life to. 


These sermons are part of the foundation that my current understanding of the Christian life is built on. They range from confession and repentance to some finer points of theology, and most of what I do now in ministry, and much of how I have come to know, love, and serve the Lord, has been an outworking of these early sermons I listened to when I was an unbeliever, into my early days as a Christian. 


David Platt 

  • Passion 2022 (Spotify/YouTube)

  • The Power We All Need (YouTube)

  • Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters: Racism and our Need for Repentance (Spotify/YouTube)

  • What Happens to Those Who Never Hear the Gospel (Spotify/YouTube)


Matt Chandler


John Piper

  • He Bore Our Sins That We Might Live to Righteousness: What is the Gospel For? (Spotify/YouTube)

  • Are We Adopted for Us or for God? (YouTube)

  • Jesus Came Not to Give Bread, But to Be Bread (YouTube)

  • Boasting Only in the Cross (YouTube)


Tim Keller


C.J. Mahaney


Kevin DeYoung:

  • The God Who Is Not Like Us: Why We Need the Doctrine of Divine Immutability

(Spotify/YouTube)


Shai Linne:


Paul Washer


Bryan Chappell 

The Pilgrim’s Purpose in Life (Spotify/YouTube)

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