by David Allen | May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
What should we all have in common when it comes to preaching? A commitment to preaching the Word of God as the Word of God. The following three quotations come from theologians representing different theological traditions, but who speak with a unified voice on one...
by David Allen | May 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
What is the difference between a sermon that is “text-centered” and one that is “text-driven”? Expository preaching is preaching that is text-centered but not necessarily text-driven. Preaching that is text-driven best exemplifies what expository preaching is about....
by David Allen | May 9, 2019 | Preaching
He died in 1990 at the age of 94. At the turn of this century, based on a survey done by Preaching magazine among their readers and editors, he was ranked as the most outstanding preacher of the 20th century. He was once Chaplain to the Queen of Scotland and New...
by David Allen | May 6, 2019 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
Some people seem to have the mindset that because they are eternally secure in their salvation, how they live does not matter so much. This is the kind of thinking that John strongly refutes in 1 John 2:4. Listen to F. W. Farrar practically apply verse 4 in his 1890...
by David Allen | May 3, 2019 | Bible, Scripture References, Theology
1 John 5:16–17 has engendered much discussion about what John means by the “sin that leads to death.” This is one of those passages for which we have lost the key. Apparently, John’s readers knew what he was talking about, but we are left somewhat in the dark about...
