How fantastical are the podcast sermons from Matt Chandler, pastor of the Village Church in Highland Village, Texas?
A few weeks ago my little brother and I road tripped to Tallahassee (which I will forever refer to as “Sassy Tallahassee” having been informed of that rhyme by a delightful bumper sticker) and on the way there and back we listened to Matt Chandler sermons.
I’d like to pretend that kind of thing has happened before. That when my brothers and I go on road trips the three essentials are: Diet Rockstar energy drink, little Debbie cakes riding shotgun, and sermons on the stereo. But that would be a lie. I don’t think we’ve ever listened to a sermon on a road trip before.
That’s how fantastical Matt Chandler is.
But who you listening to? There are a million great pastors out there. Whether it’s your hometown pastor, online or on a podcast or in any other digital round the world wide interwebs kind of way, who do you recommend?
Who are you listening to these days?
I'm listening to http://thegodjourney.com/podcast.html A podcast by Wayne Jacobsen (one of the guys behind publishing The Shack) and Brad Cummings. Life-turning-around, mind-blowing, revelation-full podcasts. Just two guys chatting about life.
ReplyDeleteSorry, that link didn't work. Here it is again: The God Journey Podcast It's awesome and most importantly these guys are always REAL.
ReplyDeleteSorry, but I've just remembered something even better: Transition Series It's a free downloadable audio series by Wayne Jacobsen about breaking free of the bondage of religion and embracing the affectionate and life-changing relationship with the Father. Changing from religious thinking to relational living. It changed my life and is teaching me who God really is, stripping away the rubbish we're taught by religion. Listen to it!!!!
ReplyDeletei listen to the Stuff Christians Like podcast.
ReplyDeleteWhat's that? It doesn't exist? Well, it should.
I sometimes listen to Greg Laurie podcasts which I download free off iTunes.
ReplyDeleteI also listen to sermons from the church on my campus sometimes, which can be found here: http://www.campuschurch.org.nz/talks/
Bryan -
ReplyDeleteNo kidding. I've had a CD of the booty God booty message I did at Dave Ramsey last year that I've been trying to get up online forever but I'm dumb. I think I might try to post the audio for it this week. Maybe we should do a podcast or something when you're down in Atlanta for Catalyst this October.
Jon
I think one of the best-kept secrets in America is Rick Anderson, pastor of Faith Community Church, Oxnard, CA.
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Pastor Eric Watt-greenbrier church((yes,my church,here in chesapeake, va)
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Craig Groeshel-Life Church
David Jerimiah and Alistair Begg-you can find them at oneplace.com
I'm old school when it comes to road trips and prefer a book or two-I just read "churched"by matthew paul turner out loud to my husband on a trip to ny last weekend--couldnt stop laughing!
my kids(20's) listened to str-greg koukl on a recent va-denver trip-good apologetic site at
str.org
ok-Jenny-i will def check out the transition series--you got me curious with those first 3 posts :)
Ravi Zacharias.
ReplyDeleteI second Bryan, an SCL podcast would be awesome.
ReplyDeleteI like the ChristianityWorks and A Different Perspective programs by Berni Dyment http://www.christianityworks.com/
i <3 tim keller's preaching. i haven't quite gotten to the point where i would pay to hear the rest of his sermons and such, but i've been eating up whatever he has available for free: http://sermons.redeemer.com/store/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_ID=11&CFID=570471&CFTOKEN=32027243
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy listening to Mark Driscoll from Mars Hill Church in Seatle. I love that his messages can sometimes go for 1.5 hours which is.great for long trips and he's very thorough. The other reason is that I just love his way of presenting. How many pastors use the phrase, "punch you in the neck" or even, "save me some time and punch yourself in the neck.". Seriously he's like a jerk for Christ.
ReplyDeleteThe podcast I love listening to is our pastor from our local church here. His name is Chilly Chilton & if you listen to him, you won't be disappointed. Here's the link to his blog: http://www.ichilly.com - to hear the podcasts, click on the headphones at the top of the screen.
ReplyDeleteGod has blessed us with many great communicators and given us the technology to listen to them just about anywhere. What a great age in which to live! My favorites right now are Greg Laurie, David Jeremiah, Chip Ingram and Perry Noble.
ReplyDeleteWho am I listening to? At the minute, mainly Counting Crows, although i *did* just get the new Doves record too....
ReplyDeleteI listen to Mark Driscoll and Stephen Davey. Davey is more old-school, but is the president of my seminary so I figure I'd better keep tabs on what he has to say.
ReplyDeleteI have several favorites, but I have to give a shout out to Tim Keller's Prodigal God series. (available free on his redeemer website) It is fantastical!
ReplyDeletePaul Washer, John MacArthur, John Piper, James McDonald, Alistair Begg... Preachers of the Word and defenders of the Truth. (rare these days when so many are preaching... um, sorry, TEACHING the feel-good gospel).
ReplyDeleteMark Driscol at (http://www.marshillchurch.org/)
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John Piper at
(http://www.desiringgod.org/)
there both VERY good.
Jon, I just recently got on a Chandler kick and I have been loving the dude! His easter message was punch-you-in-the-face awesome. I've listened to it 4 times!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to see him, along with Mr. Driscoll, Dr. Piper, and some other dudes at Advance09 next week!
One name that hasn't made it up here yet is Francis Chan from Cornerestone Simi Valley in California.
I first heard him at a Passion conference in your neck of the woods. The dude is awesome! One feisty little asian!
Of the 20 comments so far - they're ALL MEN! Anyone have any female speakers they'd recommend??
ReplyDeleteI love to go on long trips and listen to sermons! :) My favorites are Andy Stanley, Louie Giglio and J.D. Greer. J.D. Greer is a friend's pastor in Durham, North Carolina at The Summit Church. I get Andy and J.D.'s sermons as podcasts via iTunes for free. Amazing!
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http://www.jdgreear.com/
Colleen, check out Christine Caine. Her podcast sometimes features teaching and sometimes interviewing interesting people. http://www.equipandempower.org/index.php?option=com_rsform&Itemid=147
ReplyDeleteMark Batterson! He's the author of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day and lead pastor of National Community Church. He has both audio and video podcasts on iTunes.
ReplyDeleteMatt Chandler has become a staple of my week. So good and refreshing look at the Bible. I agree the Easter message was awesome.
ReplyDeleteI have recently started listening some to Mark Discoll after he was on FamilyLife. He is defitely in your face. I was hesitate to listen to him because I watched a video clip Mars Hill put out on The Shack calling it herasy when you could tell Mark didn't read any of the book for himself. Chan is very good to listen to. Then of course my pastor Mike McDaniel of Grace Point Church of NWA (shameless plug)
Alistair Begg-Truth for Life podcast
ReplyDeleteAmazing messages, and they are less than half an hour. It is possibly heathenish of me to focus on that feature, but I prefer pastors who can present the word of God in less than 2 hours.
Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian in NYC. ( http://sermons.redeemer.com/store/)He gives clear, well-reasoned, thought provoking sermons. I bought his series on Proverbs, I have found I can apply what he preaches on to my real life situations. His book "Prodigal God" on the prodigal son story shares the overwhelming love of God to both sons.
ReplyDeleteI am a big fan.
My sermon listening has usually been in the form of a Jeremy Riddle or Phil Wickham album :-)
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Matt Chandler
Alistar Begg
Mark Driscoll
Not a sermon but great show:
Fighting for the Faith
wow, this is a fantastic idea. I've seen some pastors that people are listening to that I will now go check out and begin listening to as I drive around our little town in the middle of Colorado.
ReplyDeleteBeing from Seattle I find a connection that goes past theology with Mark Driscoll (he pulls for my favorite sports teams and mentions many of the places that I grew up around)
I've also found myself listening to Andy Stanley and taking mental notes on how he communicates so clearly.
And you can't beat Ravi Zacharias for some really deep thinking.
Maybe if I lived in a big city and had a long commute or had to fight traffic I would have more time to listen to different pastors. Oh well, small town life is awesome
Steven Furtick of Elevation Church in Charlotte. Awesome speaker. Saw him as a teen at Winter Conferences, and found him online again a while back. Freaking awesome stuff.
ReplyDeleteTwo of my favorites are Craig Groeschel and Perry Noble. I also enjoy listening to Francis Chan.
ReplyDelete*John Piper (my fave)
ReplyDelete*Ravi Zacharias
*Joyce Meyer
*Focus on Family (not a sermon but great podcast nonetheless)
And in the future, a few more from the recommendations above! Thanks, everybody.
Colleen, check out Beth Moore at oneplace.com.
ReplyDeleteMy own "pastor" (our denomination doesn't call them that). Also Scott Hodge from the Orchard who I "discovered" last year at MinistryCOM. (Which is also when I discovered SCL)
ReplyDeleteDoes Beth Moore count. I'm trying out her "Esther" bible study by listening to the audio and she speaks with authority.
J.D. Greear
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Matt Chandler
All awesome and true to the Word.
~60% John Piper, cuz He's a flippin BA.
ReplyDeleteThen some Matt Chandler and a ton of random people, mostly conference messages.
Charles Stanley, Andy Stanley, and Mike Ashcraft. Mike is the pastor at Port City Community Church in Wilmington, NC and is great. You can either check out the podcast here: http://portcitychurch.org/podcast.php or you can watch the videos here: http://portcitychurch.org/weekendmessagearchive.php
ReplyDeleteI listen to Francis Chan and Mark Driscoll!
ReplyDelete7th out of 38 here listening to Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill. Didn't know he was so popular.
ReplyDeleteDavid Platt at Brook Hills Church in Birmingham, Ala. He's the best I've ever heard, hands down. Anytime I'm in the car for 45+ minutes, I put on one of his sermons. He unpacks God's Word in an amazing way. He's truly anointed.
ReplyDeleteI also like listening to Alistair Begg.
There is an AMAZING speaker called Ben Stewart from Breakaway Ministries in Texas.
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I also listen to sermons given at Gordon and Wheaton via iTunes U.
I'm a megafan of Greg Boyd at Woodland Hills Church, Minneapolis, MN. He's controversial which makes me think, and he's been umpteen years working his way through the book of Luke, which is as indepth as you can get.
ReplyDeleteWe also like Bruxy Cavey at The Meeting House just west of Toronto, Canada. Meeting House is the fastest growing church movement in Canada with eight locations. Bruxy's teaching is a mix of practical relevance and church history. He's also the author of The End of Religion (NavPress) but they're redoing their website so I can't add a specific sermon link here.
I have always been a big fan of Rob Bell, and I love listening to him preach. However, lately, I've discovered this guy named Greg Lee from Suncrest Christian Church in Indiana. He reminds me of the pastor from my home church... nothing flashy, but explains life and the gospel in a clear, easy, down-to-earth kind of way.
ReplyDeleteMatt Chandler and John Piper.
ReplyDeletesurprised no one has mentioned this site: http://www.sermonaudio.com/main.asp
ReplyDeleteI particularly enjoy Greg Mazak, Jim Berg, Paul Washer on top of those already mentioned like Piper. Good old guys like Spurgeon on there too.
other sites i check out is covlife & sovereign grace ministries site.
For women - i listen to http://www.reviveourhearts.com/
audio sermons are great! Praise God for the internet!
Boundless podcasts (www.boundless.org) are always great for us 20-somethings!
ReplyDeletealso, Piper, CJ Mahaney, JD Greear, and occasionally we break out some Adventures in Odyssey :)
Francis Chan
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Mark Driscoll
Erwin McManus
Matt Chandler
Ravi Zacharias
John Piper
Paul Washer
Matt Chandler
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Francis Chan
John Piper
Eric Mason
David Platt
JD Greear
Tim Keller
Derek Thomas
Mike Bickle from International House of Prayer.
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tim keller
miles mcpherson
francis chan
erwin mcmanus
and bill simmons for sports :D
Wow! I had no idea Matt Chandler's podcasts were so popular. I attend the Village and also listen to the podcasts whenever possible. If you are ever in the Flower Mound, Texas, area, please come by and check us out! I'm going to have to check out some of these speaker's y'all have mentioned though. Thanks for the great post!
ReplyDeleteI've been listening to different seminaries' Chapel podcasts. You can find them on iTunesU. APU and Dallas Theological have great lectures and chapels available.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Matt Brown at Sandals Church in Riverside is awesome. Actually, I think he's the only great thing about Riverside.
And I also like the NPR: All Songs Considered podcast. Just throwin' that out there.
I have been listening to John Mark Comer from The Way (a ministry out of Solid Rock Fellowship) in Beaverton (Portland), OR! It is some amazing stuff and he is one of my favorite guys to listen to. Here's the link:
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Also Judah Smith from The City Church! http://thecity.org/
Enjoy!
I get to listen to Craig Groeschel weekly because he's my pastor and boss but my fave from elsewhere is Francis Chan. I listened to him and talked about him so much my friends almost staged an intervention. Even Craig said teased me about him when he announced he was coming to speak at our church. (Don't miss www.OnePrayer.com!)
ReplyDeleteBut the last thing I heard him say stopped me dead in my tracks and I haven't listened to a podcast since. He said we already know far more than we have actually applied. I need to quit fattening up and live everything out I already know to do.
oh my goodness! i can't stop listening to matt chandler! best sermons on sex e-v-e-r.
ReplyDeleteI went to The Village Church with my Dallas friends, while I lived there for two months. The guy is stellar, and very tall.
ReplyDeleteI'm listening to the old standby John Piper right now, since we are going through Romans in my small group and they spent years on the book in their church. It's a cross between an audio commentary and sermon.
Perry Noble's One Prayer message from last year has been in my car for well...a year now! It's awesome!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I listen to Art Evans from San Diego Christian Worship Center, whose sermons I listened to for years before he became my current pastor. His "Jesus Christ, Prince of Life" series blew my socks off.
Definitely Paul Washer @ Heart Cry Missionary...blows my mind every time.
ReplyDeleteLove me some Matt Chandler and Mark Driscoll but I would trade a years worth of their podcasts for just 1 of Andy Stanley's.
ReplyDeleteAndy is hands down the best communicator I have heard. Simple and applicable.
Mark Driscoll
ReplyDeleteIan Lawton the Pastor of Christ Community Church (AKA "C3") in Spring lake michigan has really amazing sermons (and a dreamy austrailian accent...) They're available as podcast too :)
ReplyDeleteColleen, I agree, I can't believe that there have been like, a gazillion men recommended and like what? 1 woman.
ReplyDeleteMaybe more male ministers have podcasts? I dunno though. I can think of a couple of amazing female ministers and preists I know. I doubt any of them have podcast though.
Maybe Barbara Rossing (Forgive me if miss spelled her name).
She is a bible scholar and Lutheran minister who's written a great book ("The Rapture Exposed")
I wonder if she has anything recorded?
Gotta agree with Jon, I love listening to The Village.
ReplyDeleteI find John Piper to be fairly mind stretching as well.
Also listen to Louie Giglio and Rob Bell's teaching podcasts. Partly for the teaching, partly because I want to learn how to be a better preacher myself.
One of my favourite podcasts is wordlive, which is a daily scripture passage and meditation.
I second Ben Stuart. The Restoration of Peter and Love Sends 1,2 & 3 podcasts are some of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteAnyone else feel like it's really easy to focus too much on speakers/podcasts and not enough on taking the time to delve into the word yourself?
I podcast all of the usual ones, Piper, Johnny Mac, Washer, Sproul, also Wretched radio with Todd Friel. The one that has slapped me in head recently is Voddie Baucham. He just released a few more of his sermons and wow. If you have a chance SermonAudio.com him and listen to The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World.
ReplyDeleteI'm a John Piper person too. I just want to hear people that talk about Jesus. I just want to hear about him.
ReplyDeleteSermon Index has a pretty vast selection of old and new people. I love Keith Green's sermons. So much more to that man than music :)
What a great entry in your blog! I am excited about having some new sermons to listen to!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite by far: Andy StanleyNorthpoint.org/messages
He has an amazing ability to clearly communicate God's truth. Very practical, thought provoking, convicting teaching.
Someone mentioned a sermon series on sex. I think Andy's sermon called "A Category of One" is one that should be listened to by all unmarried teenagers/young adults.
Another person mentioned not listening a lot due to not having a long commute. I don't have a commute :) but I listen while I cook, work around the house, iron, work outside, etc.
Thanks again for this great blog!
Judah Smith
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Younger preacher who has changed my life listening to his messages over the years.
Perry Noble and Brian Houston
ReplyDeleteAs I've mentioned before, I love Wretched Radio with Todd Friel. I also started listening to Dr. Wayne Grudem's "Christian Essentials" which is basically his entire systematic theology course in mp3 format for free along with downloadable study guides.
ReplyDeleteClayton King is ah-mazing!
ReplyDeleteNate Edwardson of The Stirring, in Redding, California. We don't go there anymore, but I listen to the podcasts all the time. He's a third generation pastor, and I think each generation has improved. We now attend Neighborhood Church in Redding, and if I miss a Sunday, I'm sure to download the podcast to hear Bill Giovannetti.
ReplyDeleteso crazy to have a reality check of just how much God is using Matt all over the country. love.it! I went to college with Matt and have always loved hearing him preach.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think my Pastor is absolutely killer! His preaching will seriously change your life.
Robert Morris. http://www.gatewaypeople.com or http://www.theblessedlife.com
Man, I'd love to listen to podcasts but never get to. Might be that I don't have a player, might be that I never travel, might be that when I *do* travel I take the entire Ohio State Marching Band with me. Well, not the official band, of course, just three of its members impersonating the band. Otherwise known as "my kids."
ReplyDeleteBut when I *do* have some time to listen, I like NPR and TED talks. Not exactly churchianity, but interesting nonetheless.
I'm addicted to Bill Giovannetti at Neighborhood Church, Redding CA. A great teacher and speaker. The current series is "Can You Feel It?", the Bible's wisdom about human emotion, but the site has several series, including "How to Recession-Proof Your Inner World.
ReplyDeleteVery deep, and theological, AND interesting, funny, and moving. Our small group in Chicago uses his sermons for our Bible Studies.
http://www.ncredding.com/Media_page1.php
Bob
www.austinstone.org and neil mcclendon at grand parkway baptist church
ReplyDeleteI third Ben Stuart.
ReplyDeleteMark Driscoll for thought-provoking sermons.
Mike Pilavachi, if I could find his stuff online. I heard him at a conference. Wow.
I listen to Nuclearity podcast (www.nuclearity.org). Not preaching at all, but still good. Kinda like Boundless or Ear Reverent.
ReplyDeleteJoyce Meyer!
ReplyDeletetheres this hilarious podcast of shane claiborne speaking at an event where he analogizes demons trembling at the name of jesus to the part in the lion king where the heyenas are talking about mufasa and the whoopi goldberg one is like, oh, say it again! and then the other heyena says, MUFASA MUFASA MUFASA! and she goes crazy. yeah. that's how the name of jesus should be.
ReplyDeleteanyway, i listen to that part over and over again and giggle uncontrollably, because it's so funny and so true.
That church is down the street from me! I had a co-worker who used to attend there til he moved.
ReplyDeleteI listen to Pastor Joel Scrivner (one of my pastors) on iTunes. And if I am out of town, I watch services online at covenantchurch.org
Phil Goldsberry at christlifechurch.org
ReplyDeleteMatt Carter from Austin Stone Community Church and Francis Chan. A-to-the-wesome.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Tony Evans of Oak Cliff Fellowship. He is compelling and energetic and doesn't shrink away from the truth. He's awesome!
ReplyDeletePastor Paul Sheppard from Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Mountain View, CA. He has a podcast. Look up Enduring Truth. Pastor Paul has a gift of using humor as a bridge to your heart, and once he's in, he jacks you up and convicts you.
ReplyDeleteI listen to Mark Driscoll, John Piper, Paul Tripp and I am blessed enough to live in DFW and go to Matt Chandler's church...Even though, I do podcast our church sermons a lot!
ReplyDeleteI like the rawtalk podcast by m88.org (a local radio station in new mexico) for roadtrips. lots of topics and deep questions
ReplyDeleteoh, john piper (or johnny piper as my friends and i call him), how i love him. DEFINITELY check out www.desiringgod.org
ReplyDeletegreat, gospel-centered insights. --and a really engaging preacher, too.
Tim Keller rocks, but he only has about 10 podcasts you can download on iTunes for free. I can listen to them over and over though.
ReplyDeleteI love Ravi Zacharias.
And I also listen to Alistair Begg.
I listen to both John Piper's "Desiring God" sermon podcast, and Mark Driscoll's Mars Hill Church Vodcasts when I can't make it to Mars Hill for Sunday Services.
ReplyDeleteAll very high quality speaking. Convicting and wonderful.
I fourth Ben Stuart. His recent 4-part series on sex and dating is exceptionally refreshing.
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Mark Driscoll, Voddie Baucham, Alistair Begg, and my own pastor, Todd Johnson: http://www.crossroadslive.com/ccgv-live/teaching/
ReplyDeleteI listen to Brian Sanders at the church called the Underground in Tampa. I also listen to Rick Mckinely at Imago Dei in Portland.
ReplyDeleteBoth are incredible
Pastor Leonard Lee from Bayside Central Church in Roseville, CA...
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Francis Chan
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Ted Kruse - Mosaic NEO (northeast Ohio, www.mosaicneo.com)
I fifth Ben Stuart. He's in the teaching rotation at my church as well as bringing it to thousands of college students in College Station, TX (WHOOP!). He's teaching on the Life of David for the next few weeks @faithbridge.
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Dan Bouchelle, Central Church of Christ in Amarillo Texas. He's really good and if you are thinking ugghhh CofC then listen. Our denomination earned some of the criticism thrown our way but our church at least is trying to change that and let people know we just really love the God and we don't think we are the only ones that do :)
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Sixth Ben Stuart. I attended the college ministry he led (Breakaway) while at Texas A&M.
ReplyDeleteNow I attend The Village and get to hear Matt Chandler every week!
I also podcast Mark Driscoll regularly - he is somewhat of a mentor to Chandler.
Mark Driscoll
ReplyDeleteRick McKinley
Timothy Keller
John Piper
D.A. Carson
Francis Chan (sometimes)
I love Matt Chandler! I feel so fortunate that I live in Dallas and get to go to his church after realizing how many people love him and listen to him on podcast. He is even more amazing in person when you can see all the face expression!
ReplyDeleteI also love Clayton King and Perry Noble
Don't have much to add, but I live in Tallahassee! Next time, let me know, I'd love to meet you!
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I attend the Village church and hear Matt Chandler weekly, and I STILL listen to his podcasts! Too much to take in all at once.
ReplyDeleteI go to the Village and am always astounded at how awesome Matt's sermons are. They're incredible!
ReplyDeleteYay! I saw one other person recommended my pastor as well. Robert Morris from Gateway Church in Southlake (Dallas/FortWorth area), TX. I have never heard such poignant messages in my life. He is definitely anointed by the Spirit. I couldn't ask for a better pastor. I don't know if he has a podcast or not, but he's on James and Betty Robison's show a lot. You can also check out our services, live on Sundays at 12:30 pm (CST) at gatewaypeople.tv . :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, Christine Caine is phenomenal. She is from Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. She has a great podcast, as well as a ministry that rescues girls from the sex trade, mostly in Greece. Check her out! equipandempower.org or thea21campaign.org
Max Lucado has a phenominal sermon series posted right now - http://maxlucado.com/fearless/message01.html. I've probably relistened about 5 times each.
ReplyDeleteI also totally dig, Leo Shuster from Christ the King Pres in Houston (christtheking.com) & Gregg Matte at Houston's First Baptist (houstonsfirst.org).
Jentezen Franklin (my home church homeboy)
ReplyDeleteFrancis Chan (passionate beyond measure)
Craig Groeschel (Innovative)
Andy Stanley (The ultimate CEO)
I've jumped on the Mark Driscoll bandwagon (Mars Hill Church Seattle, WA) and have listened to the "Trial 8" series. I really enjoyed the two sermons on marriage (one for the men and one for the women)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE MATT CHANDLER! My husband and I listened to him on our roadtrip from Houston to OK and back! He gives it to you straight and he is hilarious to boot! Listen to his series on Ecclesiastes and let it blow your mind!
ReplyDeleteGateway Church in Austin - www.gatewaychurch.com. John Burke rocks!!
ReplyDeleteKen Boa mp3 teachings are really great. http://www.kenboa.org/audio_and_video/mp3teaching
ReplyDeleteThe Sermon on the Mount is particularly very powerful for me... "You will give your life in exchange for something. You have no choice. You will give your soul to something. Your heart to something. What will that be? You have to ask what it is that I'm going to be pursuing? Do not pursue things that God says is worthless..."
Try downloading them!
I listen to Mark Driscoll, and Dan Rude from the Downtown Church in Des Moines, Iowa
ReplyDeleteAlso, probably a lack of female speakers because men are to be the teachers. I do know you can find some women speaking at Mars Hill in their small group sessions.
I'm down with Rob Bell at Mars Hill Church in MI. The Mousetalgia podcast is also pretty rocking . . . Disney does count as worship right?
ReplyDeletemonergism.com has a huge mp3 library with tons of great sermons. and to just add to what many have said, you can't go wrong with john piper or mark driscoll.
ReplyDeleteI know I'm late, but we listen to:
ReplyDeleteJustin Hughes from the UK ( we are in Australia though ).
He only does little 10 min sermons on youtube ( brojustin ) but they are awesome.
wow! Talk about a plethora of comments! :)
ReplyDeleteI listen to Gateway Church's podcast (Dallas, TX) on my iPod riding my bike to work, and try to keep up with Newspring's video podcast.
Will definitely add more to my iPod soon, though, being inspired by this list... ;)
Also, I noticed this is all English language podcasts. Obvious, as this is an English-speaking blog, but I'd like to add a link to my Berlin, Germany, church's podcast (which I edit) for anyone here who may be looking for German-language sermons. You can reach me with comments: podcast 'at' icf-berlin.de
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Todd Wagner at Watermark Community Church in Dallas: www.WatermarkRadio.com
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ReplyDeleteI attend and serve Gateway Church (Southlake, TX) so I listen to Robert Morris every chance I get.
ReplyDeleteIn addition to my own pastor, I listen to the trifecta of pastors: John Piper, Mark Driscoll and Matt Chandler.
Since I live in DFW, I get to occasionally visit The Village and hear Matt live.
Matt Chandler is brilliant. I've been able to truck up to Dallas and hear him and the series that he did back in March ("Repentance") was wonderful. Before he even began the sermon, he addressed his church and I was planning on tuning him out since it had nothing to do with me. I'm so glad I didn't. He speaks about legalism vs. license...and it's UNREAL. Check it out, for sure...it's dated 3/8/09.
ReplyDelete"because men are to be the teachers"
ReplyDeleteSERIOUSLY? and people wonder why I'm not a christian.
Rob Bell at Mars Hill in MI is my regular driving companion, but I also listen to Sandy Adams from Calvary Chapel Stone Mountain, and get the Calvary Chapel Bible College Friday Lecture series-Chuck Smith is amazing, as are the rest that speak
ReplyDeleteOK, stupid question from the tech laggers among us: Can an iPod be connected to an old-style home or car stereo via an adapter cable, or do I have to buy a docking station or something?
ReplyDeleteOh, and my pastor, Dave Bowman of New Horizon Church in Durham, N.C.: http://www.newhorizonchurch.tv/page/messages/
WV mothleal: in a mothlike way: "Celebrating TarHeels danced mothleal around bonfires when their team won the national championship."
I love John Piper, Tim Keller, and some occasional Driscoll & stuff from the Village. But you guys have GOT to check out Bryan Loritts! He pastors a church in Memphis and is one of the most solid, engaging Bible teachers I've ever heard. You can check out some of the recent sermons here.
ReplyDeleteI also like listening to stuff from Coram Deo in Omaha.
But seriously...you need to check out Bryan Loritts! (His dad Crawford Loritts is great too; you can download a great message of his here.
Kat--please don't use "men are to be the teachers" as an excuse not to investigate Jesus! Some Christians believe that, some don't. I'm in the second group and regularly lead a small Bible study with both men and women members.
ReplyDeleteWV warve--an especially warm scarf (pl. warves)
Bethechurch.net. Marc Schelske. Check it out.
ReplyDeleteTwo of my favorties:
ReplyDeleteDavid Whiting
www.northbaptistchurch.org
Tobey Locke
Don't have the website but he's in Racine, WI.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
Okay, I'm catching up on some of your blogs I missed and had to comment. I can see The Village Church from my bedroom window. Just wanted to share. Please, don't anyone stalk me now that you know where I live.
ReplyDeletePS: I listen to:
ReplyDeleteCanyon Ridge Christian in Las Vegas. Pastor Kevin Odor.
http://www.canyonridge.org
Valley Creek Church in Flower Mound, TX (Flo Mo, to the cool kids). Pastor Kevin Evans.
http://valleycreek.org/
No body mentioned the greatest single communicator in America today?? TD JAKES...The Potter's Touch. Often moves me to tears or to shouting, especially recent messages on the Cross.
ReplyDeleteAlso listening to:
Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast
Freedom House Church-Charlotte, NC
Bethel Church Redding, CA
Steven Furtick- Charlotte, NC
God's Ipod-AW Tozer
Craig Groeschel- Lifechurch.tv
Line of Fire Radio- Dr. Michael L. Brown
Mark Driscoll-Mars Hill
Erwin McManus-Mosaic
and of course, John Piper
R.C. Sproul
ReplyDeleteJohn McArthur
Tom Shrader www.evbc.org
Paul Washer
John, that list is mostly good. Be mindful of Mark Driscoll, though... I've actually heard him swear & name-call during sermons .
ReplyDeleteJenny, you might be interested in this review of "The Shack":
http://www.challies.com/archives/book-reviews/the-shack-by-william-p-young.php
Thanks,
Meg
Oh yeah, and I listen to "Wretched Radio" with Todd Friel and James MacDonald's "Walk in the Word."
ReplyDeleteGood stuff.
Thanks,
Meg
Bill Johnson has amazing revelation and is an awesome guy! Absolutely my favorite!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ibethel.org/features/sermonoftheweek/?page=21
Greetings of Peace in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
ReplyDeleteIt is really privileged for me to write to your ministry and I pray may
Lord bless you abundantly. I found that you have awesome and precious
work of Lord Jesus Christ, May God bless your Church staff and all
precious work.
I have studied your web site, and I found it the most wonderful site to
get right to the True Word of God. I found that all your material is
full of knowledge concerning development of religious faith.
I am Kirn, from Multan , Pakistan . Living in Pakistan we
Christians have to face many obstacles to get the access to the Word of
God. Most of the people in Pakistan are not capable to understand the
English language and they are hungry of the Gods words. So I will be
very thankful to you if you can to translate your material into my
native languages.
For this I am able to translate the good stuff of you into my native
language Punjabi, Sariki, Sindhi and national language Urdu. There are two
purposes to request you the first one is to know the Word of God more
deeply and second one is to be supportive my family. My suggestion for
you is to create your material in my language of Urdu, Sariki, Sindhi and
Punjabi also. It will bring lots of blessings of the Word of God for the
Pakistani and Indian Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi and Sariki speaking people.
For that purpose I as a translator will bring your material into Urdu,
Punjabi, Sindhi and Sariki language as well. Although it will take your low
expenses, as well as fund for the Word of God, to reach out to the
deserving people. As a translator I will take the expenses that will be
spending just for the Word.
May God Shower his blessings upon you and your ministrys work.
Looking forward for your kind response,
Yours Sister in Christ,
Kirn
kirn_walks_with_jesus@yahoo.com
Pakistan