Who is your favorite SI preacher

Who is your favorite SI preacher??

I would have to say that mine is between probably 3 Denny Kenaston, Keith Daniel and David Wilkerson

What is SI?

What is SI? sermon index

Art Katz, of course - who else?

Borrowing Art's lingo, I'm no 'dum-dum' :-)

That's very easy: Leonard Ravenhill

(second: Tozer, third: Zac Poonen/Paul Washer/David Wilkerson/Keith Daniel (I couldn't choose).

Michael L. Brown (particularly, Holy Desperation)
Art Katz
Tozer

It seems to me that there are seasons of life where one type of ministry or minister just speaks so clearly and powerfully to your heart. At other times it may be someone with a very different style or emphasis in their preaching so over the years it may shift between several different people each adding something new and different to your life.

That being said - the two minsters with recordings here on SI that I have personally enjoyed and been stirred by the most would have to be Duncan Campbell and J. Edwin Orr. It is probably because they were both closely and directly involved in church leadership during times of tremendous outpourings of God. They speak from scripture AND experience of seeing God shake entire geographic areas with His power, might, and visitation. Orr is also possibly the greatest human historian on revival that has ever walked the planet. His knowledge of the facts, and spiritual insight as to how those facts can be distilled into usable principles for seeking God and seeing Him move, are priceless in my opinion.

…. there are seasons of life where one type of ministry or minister just speaks so clearly and powerfully to your heart.

This is true for me too. And it isn’t always through a public figure – a household name. That was even true in bible days. God used preachers who would never get into anyone’s hall of fame – or our own select list of preachers. Consider the woman at the well – how effectively she influenced her village folk for Christ. Or consider the women with the two small coins: she gave all she had. Perhaps such a person is the very one whom God wishes to speak to us. Perhaps such people lurk here in the shadows of SI - who are so “quiet” we would easily pass them by in our list of potential favorites – but who may have a word from the Lord for us. It's been true for me many times.

It’s interesting that the Corinthian church was having disputes over favorite preachers. No doubt the problem had to do with “ME” being at the center: what/who appeals best to ME. I know that our thread title here is not aimed to draw us towards our own interests, but to invite us to share how certain preachers have affected us.

And there are many wonderful preachers here – people whose messages speak long after they are gone.

Diane

In my teens, Billy Graham's messages were very influential in my life.

At 25, I left Catholicism. My evangelical Pastor, Leslie B Flynn Nanuet NY, author of over 40 books, week after week soundly revealed the OT and NT both historically and prophetically.

I've been significantly influenced by Bible experts and famed apologists: Dr. Norman Geisler; and by Dr. Walter Kaiser who is an expert on the Jewish Testament, the OT. I had the pleasure to hear them in person and talked with them several occasions.

Secondary inluences came from books by Tozer, and J. I. Packers 'Knowing God', and sermons by John Piper. I also was influenced by C.S Lewis, and even by the Jewish Midrash.

And, of course, the Bible itself being primary as revealed by the Holy Spirit WHOM dwells in us.

I personally tend to stay away from preachers that scream and yell into their microphone. Louder does not make it truer. Maybe some people need that, I certainly don't.

Vance Havner's are excellent as well.

Duncan Campbell & James A Stewart because they were real revivalists... Also check out Mary Peckham (formally Mary Morrison) - She was converted in the Hebridies Revival and worked closely with Duncan Campbell in the revivals and she preaches with conviction...

Zac Poonen is probably the most balanced teacher/exhorter to learn from. I learnt more from him than any other, and his theology is near perfect. The Holy Spirit really ministers to me when I listen to his messages...

Just like most of you, Keith Daniel, Art Katz, Zac Poonen, Denny Kennaston, T.Austin Sparks, Paul Washer, David Wilkerson

My Recommendation: Hans Waldvogel and James Steward

So many to choose from this great site but I would have to say Jim Cymbala.

"Zac Poonen is probably the most balanced teacher/exhorter to learn from. I learnt more from him than any other, and his theology is near perfect. The Holy Spirit really ministers to me when I listen to his messages... " ~JoshG

Amen. Me too! Though I began with David Wilkerson, then Leonard Ravenhill, Major Ian Thomas, and Paris Reidhead.

Richard Owen Roberts

JoshH wrote: "Zac Poonen is probably the most balanced teacher/exhorter to learn from. I learnt more from him than any other, and his theology is near perfect. The Holy Spirit really ministers to me when I listen to his messages..."

I've listen to two of Poonens messages, they were quite good.

I am impressed as I wrote in another post with How SI has picked Preachers from all different backgrounds everything from Calvinist to anabaptist to pentecostal But when they get serious about God those strong doctrinal differences seem to fade and there messages sound very simmilar.