preacher pulpit preaching

Some of the questions I receive frequently is, “Who are the preachers you listen to?” or “Which commentary did you get that from?”

I find that most often I have a core list of teachers that I maintain mostly from books that I have read, sermons that have impacted me or a pastor/teacher that has presented something that was life changing to my study.

Here is a growing list of Trusted teachers organized in four groupings.  that I use often in some format or another.  It is not exhaustive and if you have a suggestion I am all ears for it.  Feel free to contact me via DM on Twitter or Facebook.

The Reformers & Puritans

18th & 19th Century Giants

Early to Mid-20th Century

Modern Teachers & Authors

1. The Reformers & Puritans (16th – 17th Century)

  • Anthony Burgess

  • Jeremiah Burroughs

  • John Bunyan

  • John Calvin

  • John Flavel

  • John Owen

  • Richard Baxter

  • Richard Sibbes

  • Thomas Brooks

  • Thomas Watson

 

2. 18th & 19th Century Giants

These are pastors preaching through the Great Awakenings, the development of massive commentaries, and missionary zeal.

  • Archibald Brown

  • C.H. Spurgeon (Charles Haddon Spurgeon)

  • George Whitefield

  • Horatius Bonar

  • J.C. Ryle (John Charles Ryle)

  • J.R. Miller (James Russell Miller)

  • Jeremy Taylor

  • John Angell James

  • John MacDuff

  • John Newton

  • Jonathan Edwards

  • Matthew Henry

  • Octavius Winslow

3. Early to Mid-20th Century

Focus: Defending orthodoxy against modernism and bridging the gap between Puritan thought and the modern world.

  • A.W. Pink (Arthur Pink)

  • A.W. Tozer (Aiden Wilson Tozer)

  • Cornelius Van Til

  • E.M. Bounds (Edward McKendree Bounds)

  • J. Gresham Machen

  • J.I. Packer (James Innell Packer)

  • Martin Lloyd-Jones

  • Oswald Chambers

  • William Barclay

4. Modern Teachers & Authors (Late 20th Century – Present)

Focus: Contemporary exposition, the “New Reformed” movement, and apologetics in a secular age.

  • Alistair Begg

  • Burk Parsons

  • Chris Roseborough

  • D.A. Carson

  • David Guzik

  • Don Fortner

  • James Montgomery Boice

  • Jerry Bridges

  • Joel Beeke

  • John MacArthur

  • John Piper

  • John Stott

  • Mike Reeves

  • Paul Washer

  • R.C. Sproul (Robert Charles Sproul)

  • Sinclair Ferguson

  • Steve Lawson

  • Tom Ascol

  • Voddie Baucham Jr.