by David Allen | Jul 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
When it comes to the galaxy of Puritan preaching, the name of William Perkins shines brightly. His famous work on preaching, The Art of Prophesying, remains a classic in the field. More than four hundred years ago, Perkins delivered some addresses at Cambridge on the...
by David Allen | Jul 17, 2019 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
Most preachers I know are forever on the lookout for good sermon outlines. Of course, those who preach expositionally will (or should be!) taking their outlines from the text itself. That does not mean the outline will be in the exact form or wording of the text. It...
by David Allen | Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve been working on a new sermon on 1 Samuel 3, God’s call of the boy Samuel. I came across this little snippet on Samuel’s call from George Matheson’s The Representative Men of the Bible. Matheson was the blind Scottish preacher of yesteryear...
by David Allen | Jul 8, 2019 | Bible, Preaching, Sermons
This is an excerpt from my sermon on 1 John 3:11-18 in 1-3 John: Fellowship in God’s Family (Crossway: 2013), 151-60. If we are to love everybody, does that mean we have to like everybody? How do I go about loving people I don’t like, even in the church? I’m...
by David Allen | Jul 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
The study of preaching in England in the 16th and 17th centuries is a fascinating subject. I will be teaching a PhD seminar this fall on “History and Theology of British Preaching – 1534-1689.” Thomas Playfere was Lady Margret Professor of Divinity...
