Standard Sermons

The 18th-century evangelist and revival leader John Wesley changed the face of Christianity almost entirely through his sermons. He recommended the several dozen sermons he regarded as his most definitive, which are all included in these 52 standard sermons.


Sermon 1. Salvation by Faith

Sermon 2. The Almost Christian

Sermon 3. Awake, Thou That Sleepest

Sermon 4. Scriptural Christianity

Sermon 5. Justification by Faith

Sermon 6. The Righteousness of Faith

Sermon 7. The Way to the Kingdom

Sermon 8. The First Fruits of the Spirit

Sermon 9. The Spirit of Bondage and of Adoption.

Sermon 10. The Witness of the Spirit (Discourse 1)

Sermon 11. The Witness of the Spirit (Discourse 2)

Sermon 12. The Witness of our own Spirit

Sermon 13. On Sin in Believers

Sermon 14. The Repentance of Believers

Sermon 15. The Great Assize

Sermon 16. The Means of Grace

Sermon 17. The Circumcision of the Heart

Sermon 18. The Marks of the New Birth

Sermon 19. The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God

Sermon 20. The Lord our Righteousness

Sermon 21. Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount (Discourse 1)

Sermon 22. Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount (Discourse 2)

Sermon 23. Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount (Discourse 3)

Sermon 24. Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount (Discourse 4)

Sermon 27. Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount (Discourse 7)

Sermon 28. Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount (Discourse 8)

Sermon 29. Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount (Discourse 9)

Sermon 30. Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount (Discourse 10)

Sermon 31. Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount (Discourse 11)

Sermon 32. Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount (Discourse 12)

Sermon 33. Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount (Discourse 13)

Sermon 34. The Original, Nature, Property, and Use of the Law

Sermon 35. The Law Established through Faith (Discourse 1)

Sermon 36. The Law Established through Faith (Discourse 2)

Sermon 37. The Nature of Enthusiasm

Sermon 38. A Caution against Bigotry

Sermon 39. Catholic Spirit

Sermon 40. Christian Perfection

Sermon 41. Wandering Thoughts

Sermon 42. Satan’s Devices

Sermon 43. The Scripture Way of Salvation

Sermon 44. Original Sin

Sermon 45. The New Birth

Sermon 46. The Wilderness State

Sermon 47. Heaviness through Manifold Temptations

Sermon 48. Self-denial

Sermon 49. The Cure of Evil-speaking

Sermon 50. The Use of Money

Sermon 51. The Good Steward

Sermon 52. The Reformaton of Manners