by David Allen | Jan 20, 2020 | Culture
Two titanic events occurred in May, 1954 that changed America forever. The U.S. Supreme Court issued its epochal decision rejecting the doctrine of separate but equal for whites and blacks in public education. By a 9-0 vote, the court abolished segregation in public...
by David Allen | Oct 2, 2019 | Bible, Devotional, Gospel, Scripture References
NOTE: My sermon “Wanna Play Catch?” on 1 John 4:7-11 can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/9JhkIGs3TM4 When my oldest son, Jeremy, was five or six years old, one spring afternoon on my way home from work I stopped by the sporting goods store and bought him...
by David Allen | Mar 20, 2019 | Sermons
While rummaging through some of the many resource materials we have in the Center for Preaching at Southwestern Seminary, I came across the transcript of a sermon that had been preached in chapel at Southwestern on October 17th, 1975. The sermon was on Hebrews 10:24...
by David Allen | May 22, 2015 | Bible, Devotional, General, Scripture References
Every Christian should always live in three arenas, 1) what we are, 2) what we shall be, and 3) what we should be. What we are is God’s children (v. 1); what we shall be is conformed to the image of Christ when we get to heaven (v. 2); what we should be on the basis...
by David Allen | Aug 16, 2014 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
I. God’s Love is Completed in Us When We Abide in Him – (12). Love fulfills two important functions. 1. Our love for others is evidence that God is real and dwells in us. Since no one has seen God, how are we supposed to get people who don’t know God to believe...