Resource Page - Overview Sermons

This resource page is for overview sermons on the Bible and its component books. I plan to add overviews by other preachers later, but I will begin with a pastor who has preached an overview of every book of the Bible. This discipline is great for preachers and congregations to help them understand God's Word from more of a "bird's eye" view.

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OVERVIEW SERMONS FROM MARK DEVER, PASTOR OF CAPITOL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

The following text and links are adapted from www.capitolhillbaptist.org

During his tenure as Pastor, Mark Dever has preached an overview sermon on every book of the Bible. For your listening and edification we have provided a consolidated list of links to the free mp3 files of each overview sermon. Click on a link below to download a free mp3 audio file. Upon clicking, your browser should prompt you to begin downloading.

Old Testament Overview Sermons

These sermons were edited and complied into a new book called Promises Made: The Message of the Old Testament available for purchase.

Overview Sermon of the Whole Bible

Overview Sermon of the Old Testament

Old Testament Overview Sermons

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy
• Joshua
• Judges
• Ruth
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Kings
• 2 Kings
• 1 Chronicles
• 2 Chronicles
• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• Esther
• Job
• Psalms
• Proverbs
• Ecclesiastes
• Song of Songs
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah
• Lamentations
• Ezekiel
• Daniel
• Hosea
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Jonah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habakkuk
• Zephaniah
• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Malachi

New Testament Overview Sermons

These sermons were edited and complied into a new book called Promises Kept: The Message of the New Testment available for purchase.

What Does God Want of Us?--The Message of the Whole Bible

New Testament Overview Sermons

• Promises Kept--The Message of the New Testament
• Jesus, the Son of David--The Message of Matthew
• Jesus, the Son of Man--The Message of Mark
• Jesus, the Son of Adam--The Message of Luke
• Jesus, the Son of God--The Message of John
• Jesus, the Risen Lord--The Message of Acts
• Justification: The Message of Romans
• Church: The Message of 1 Corinthians
• Weakness: The Message of 2 Corinthians
• Faith: The Message of Galatians
• Grace: The Message of Ephesians
• Humility: The Message of Philippians
• Life: The Message of Colossians
• The Second Coming: The Message of 1 Thessalonians
• Knowing God: The Message of 2 Thessalonians
• Leadership: The Message of 1 Timothy
• Loneliness: The Message of 2 Timothy
• Beginnings: The Message of Titus
• Faith that Forgives: The Message of Philemon
• Sticking with the Best--The Message of Hebrews
• Faith that Works--The Message of James
• When Things Get Tough--The Message of 1 Peter
• Certainty--The Message of 2 Peter
• Christianity and the Flesh--The Message of 1 John
• Truth and Love--The Message of 2 John
• Why Go to all the Trouble?--The Message of 3 John
• Having Faith in Faithless Times--The Message of Jude
• What are We Waiting For?--The Message of Revelation

--- Do you know any other pastors who have preached or are preaching overview sermons? Feel free to leave a comment and include a link if the sermons are online.

Free Audio on the Spiritual Disciplines (Biblical Spirituality)

These lectures are by Dr. Don Whitney from SBTS. I highly commend this man's ministry to you. I was privileged to take his Biblical Spirituality class this past summer in a modular format and it is probably the most profitable and refreshing five days I have ever had (the assignments preceding and following the in-class time were also great). His material on praying Scripture was especially helpful to me. Listen, and let us discipline ourselves for the purpose of godliness (1 Tim. 4:7). From Omaha Bible Church:

• Session 1 : Meditating on Scripture
• Session 2 : Praying through Scripture
• Session 3 : Praying through Scripture
• Q&A with Don Whitney (conducted by Pat Abendroth)
• Discipline Yourself for the Purpose of Godliness
• Don't Blow It!

HT: Tony Kummer, Paul Schafer

Grudem and Piper Discuss Necessity of Baptism for Church Membership

Is baptism by immersion (upon profession of faith in Christ) necessary for church membership? Does excluding someone from church membership amount to a de facto excommunication in terms of how the person is treated? A revision in Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology has generated some serious discussion between John Piper and Grudem. Justin Taylor drew attention to this matter at at his blog. Piper's thoughts are here and Grudem's response is here.

Concerning this issue, Southern Seminary has some relevant audio:

• Mark Dever's February 26, 2002, Gheens Lecture entitled "The Spiritual Church, John Bunyan and Baptism" (this was a controversy in Bunyan's day; Piper's view shares much with Bunyan)
• A Baptism Forum with Dr. Russell Moore, Dr. Tom Nettles, Dr. Stephen Wellum, Dr. Greg Wills and Rob Arnold, moderator (April 18, 2007)
• Greg Wills' lecture "Should the Water Divide Us? Baptism, Church Membership, and the Glory of Christ" (April 25, 2007)

Also, I was listening to Dever today on John L. Dagg (from a conference in which he also spoke on Bunyan), and he referenced Dagg's Manual of Church Order as a good resource for dealing with this issue.

UPDATE: This really generated a good bit of discussion! I'm glad Justin Taylor kept track of it. You can follow the discussion here, and you might also be interested in this recent book on believer's baptism, edited by Tom Schreiner and Shawn Wright.