Men of Whom the World Was Not Worthy
Biographical Sermons by John Piper
In addition to his biographical sermons, another talk by John Piper is helpful as an underpinning of most everything else he says:
Passion for the Supremacy of God, Part 1
Passion for the Supremacy of God, Part 2
- A complete listing of John Piper’s biographical sermons is found here.
Apr 15, 1988 The Pastor as Theologian …
Life and Ministry of Jonathan Edwards
Apr 15, 1989 Brothers, We Must Not Mind a Little Suffering …
Meditations on the Life of Charles Simeon
Jan 31, 1990 Oh, That I May Never Loiter On My Heavenly Journey! …
Reflections on the Life and Ministry of David Brainerd
Jan 30, 1991 A Passion for Christ-Exalting Power …
Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Need for Revival and Baptism with the Holy Spirit
Jan 29, 1992 Insanity and Spiritual Songs in the Soul of a Saint …
Reflections on the Life of William Cowper
Jan 26, 1993 J. Gresham Machen’s Response to Modernism …
Jan 25, 1994 The Chief Design of My Life: Mortification and Universal Holiness
Reflections on the Life and Thought of John Owen
Jan 31, 1995 Charles Spurgeon: Preaching Through Adversity …
Jan 30, 1996 Martin Luther: Lessons from His Life and Labor …
Feb 4, 1997 The Divine Majesty of the Word …
John Calvin: The Man and His Preaching
Feb 3, 1998 The Swan Is Not Silent …
Sovereign Joy in the Life and Thought of St. Augustine
Feb 2, 1999 To Live Upon God that Is Invisible …
Suffering and Service in the Life of John Bunyan
Feb 8, 2000 You Will Be Eaten by Cannibals! Lessons from the Life of John G. Paton …
Courage in the Cause of Missions
Jan 30, 2001 John Newton: The Tough Roots of His Habitual Tenderness …
Feb 5, 2002 Peculiar Doctrines, Public Morals, and the Political Welfare …
Reflections on the Life and Labor of William Wilberforce
Feb 4, 2003 How Few There Are Who Die So Hard! …
Suffering and Success in the Life of Adoniram Judson: The Cost of Bringing Christ to Burma
Feb 3, 2004 George Mueller’s Strategy for Showing God …
Simplicity of Faith, Sacred Scripture, and Satisfaction in God
Feb 1, 2005 Contending for Our All …
The Life and Ministry of Athanasius
Jan 31, 2006 Always Singing One Note—A Vernacular Bible …
Why William Tyndale Lived and Died
Feb 6, 2007 Holy Faith, Worthy Gospel, World Vision …
Andrew Fuller’s Broadsides Against Sandemanianism, Hyper-Calvinism,
and Global Unbelief
Feb 5, 2008 Evangelist Bill Piper: Fundamentalist Full of Grace and Joy …
Feb 3, 2009 “I Will Not Be a Velvet-Mouthed Preacher!” …
The Life and Ministry of George Whitefield: Living and Preaching As Though God Were Real (Because He Is)
Feb 2, 2010 Lessons from an Inconsolable Soul …
Learning from the Mind and Heart of C. S. Lewis
Feb 1, 2011 He Kissed the Rose and Felt the Thorn: Living and Dying in the Morning of Life …
Meditations on the Life of Robert Murray McCheyne
Jan 31, 2012 “The Frank and Manly Mr. Ryle” — The Value of a Masculine Ministry …
God, Manhood & Ministry: Building Men for the Body of Christ
Feb 5, 2013 Saying Beautifully As a Way of Seeing Beauty: The Life of George Herbert and His Poetic Effort …
The Pastor, His Words, and His God