Preaching the Unsearchable Riches of Christ

By Timothy Raymond –

From time to time the Credo blog will seek to point its readers to some of the most helpful sermons we’re aware of.  We’ll be doing this, firstly, to encourage your own pursuit of holiness, and secondly, to provide models of the kinds of preaching we believe most needful in the contemporary church.

 We kick off this series with an offering from Dr. Sinclair Ferguson, Senior Pastor of the historic First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, SC and professor of theology at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas.

The sermon we’ve selected is entitled “The Lord Our God, The Lord is One: The Simplicity of God“, a message preached at the 2004 Ligonier Ministries National Conference.  While the message addresses the unity and harmony of all God’s attributes, the sermon especially dwells on God’s self-sufficiency.   I watched this message recently and it very well might be the most profound sermon I’ve ever heard.  After contemplating the absolute uniqueness of our Lord, the only possible response can be worship.  If part of the sermon sounds strangely familiar, you might be interested to know that Christian Rapper Shai Linne included an excerpt from this message on his recent The Attributes of God album.  To watch the video of this sermon, go here.  Enjoy!

Timothy Raymond is an editor for Credo Magazine. He has been the pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Muncie, Indiana since April 2006. He received his MDiv from the Baptist Bible Seminary of Pennsylvania in 2004 and has pursued further education through the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation. Tim grew up outside Syracuse, NY and previously served at Berean Baptist Church, Nicholson, PA (member and teacher during college and seminary) and Calvary Baptist Church, Sandusky, Ohio (seminary internship location). Tim met his wife Bethany at college, and they were married in May 2001. Tim enjoys reading, weight-lifting, wrestling with his three sons, and attempting to sleep.