by David Allen | Oct 15, 2014 | Culture, Featured
UPDATE – Breaking News: News came Wednesday afternoon that Mark Driscoll has resigned as pastor of Mars Hill Church. http://bit.ly/1EZ6yn0. He stands there sporting a beard, broadsword, Bible, and blood-stained camouflage from his latest kill. He...
by David Allen | Oct 11, 2014 | Culture, Featured, Scripture References
NOTE: This post is from my wife, Sherri, who has been fighting stage four cancer for three years. Read it carefully. You will be blessed. Friends, It’s so simple. “Jesus love me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” Yet, it’s life changing;...
by David Allen | Oct 7, 2014 | Bible, Featured, Scripture References, Sermons
On Monday, October 6, the Center for Expository Preaching and the preaching faculty of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary hosted our fall Advanced Expository Preaching Workshop. The topic was “Preaching Jonah.” Drs. Steven Smith, Vern Charette,...
by David Allen | Oct 6, 2014 | Bible, Scripture References
I. JONAH THE PROPHET A. NAME : Jonah – “Dove” B. HOME: Gath-hepher – 4 miles north of Nazareth in Galilee (modern el-Meshad) Jonah, the son of Amittai, of Gath-hepher (II Kings 14:25). These two names are found nowhere else in the Old...
by David Allen | Sep 23, 2014 | Bible, Preaching, Sermons, Theology
Paul’s main point in Romans 6:1-14 is v. 11: “Consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive to God through Christ Jesus.” This is the first imperative in Romans! “Consider yourself” is logidzomai in Greek. Notice the first three letters of the Greek word are...