by David Allen | Feb 22, 2016 | Bible, Calvinism, Preaching, Sermons
I am currently serving as the Interim Pastor of First Baptist Church, Irving, TX. A few weeks back I began a series of sermons through 1 John. On Sunday, February 14, I preached on 1 John 2:1-2. Verse 2 says: And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not...
by David Allen | Feb 15, 2016 | Culture
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died Saturday. Political pundits have been having a heyday over it. Not surprising. What is surprising, at least somewhat, is the lugubrious prognostications by many Evangelicals via blog banter and twitter jitters. It would seem...
by David Allen | Feb 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Say what you will about those Aggies, . . . they are a creative bunch! I dredged this up from my Valentine’s Day file. Try this one out on your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day! A ROMANTIC AGGIE VALENTINE’S DAY POEM T. GOMER JONES, Ph.D. Regents...
by David Allen | Feb 8, 2016 | Preaching
A CRASH COURSE IN LINGUISTICS LINGUISTICS – The study of the structure of language, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. PHONOLOGY – The identification and classification of all sounds used in a given language. LEXICON –...
by David Allen | Feb 1, 2016 | Preaching, Sermons, Uncategorized
What is the difference between a sermon that is “text-centered” and one that is “text-driven”? Here is a chart I used at the Jacksonville Pastor’s Conference: Text-Centered Text-Driven Sermon from the...
