{"id":9914,"date":"2010-11-16T18:18:31","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T18:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/?p=9914"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:53:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:53:51","slug":"terry-virgos-favorite-preachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2010\/11\/terry-virgos-favorite-preachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Virgo&#8217;s favorite preachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>In this installment of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.terryvirgo.org\/category\/vision-and-values\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Terry\u2019s video series<\/a>, his son asks him which preachers have influenced him and that he listens to.  His answers (with reasons) were as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His first Baptist pastor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lloyd-Jones<\/strong> \u201ca man obviously of the word, but also a man of the Spirit.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark Driscoll<\/strong>l \u201cI am fascinated by his mind.  He has so much background information and he has a huge passion\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tim Keller<\/strong> \u201cAn extraordinary preacher, not a word is wasted.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Piper<\/strong> \u201cI have enjoyed enormously listening to him to preach.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don Carson<\/strong> \u201cThe man\u2019s breadth I find so stirring\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Pawson<\/strong> \u201cAlways had fascinating insights, so interesting to listen to\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>C. J. Mahaney<\/strong> \u201cOne of the best expository preachers I know. He is just magnificent\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a fascinating aside he said, <strong><em>\u201cYou could almost settle for church for great preaching.  But there is so much more to church.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d \u00a0If you want to know what stirs Terry Virgo about the church, keep watching!<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/16725740\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/16725740<\/a>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this installment of Terry\u2019s video series, his son asks him which preachers have influenced him and that he listens to. His answers (with reasons) were as follows: His first Baptist pastor Lloyd-Jones \u201ca man obviously of the word, but also a man of the Spirit.\u201d Mark Driscolll \u201cI am fascinated by his mind. 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