by David Allen | Aug 11, 2014 | Bible, Culture, General
Rabbi Benjamin Blech’s article in the July 31 edition of the Wall Street Journal, “Destruction of the “Tomb of Jonah” in Mosul (Ancient Nineveh),” is worth your time to read. Blech is a Talmud Professor at Yeshiva University in New York. He laments the recent...
by David Allen | Aug 9, 2014 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
I. Love is Personified in God Himself (7–8). John gives two reasons for the command to love one another in v. 7. 1. Love has its source in God. (7a) 2. Love evidences the new birth and knowledge of God (7b) Verse 8 reverses what John said in verse 7 by placing it in...
by David Allen | Aug 3, 2014 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
1 John 3:19–24 “How to Send Your Guilt Trip Packing” NOTE: These notes are mostly exegetical/content oriented. For the full sermon with illustrations and application, see my 1-3 John: Fellowship in the Family in Preaching the Word (Wheaton: Crossway, 2013), 163-174...
by David Allen | Jul 27, 2014 | Bible, General, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
John speaks of four different levels of relationships in which you can choose to live: murder (vv.11–12), hatred (vv. 13–15), indifference (vv. 16–17), and Christian love in action (v. 18). I. Love and Hate are Mutually Exclusive in Your Christian Life – (vv....
by David Allen | Jul 25, 2014 | Baptist, Bible, General, Gospel, Preaching, Scripture References
For two and a half weeks I was in England and Scotland with 71 students and faculty from SEBTS and SWBTS on our annual Oxford Study Tour. The tour consists of courses taught by faculty combined with trips to some of the important historical sites in Baptist history...
