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...
by David Allen | Jun 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
This is the fourth and final post of my discussion on Romans 3:21-26 from my new book The Atonement: A Biblical, Theological, and Historical Study of the Cross of Christ (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2019), 75-87, minus all footnotes. Rom 3:21-26 is the key atonement...
by David Allen | Jun 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
This is the third of a four-part post of my discussion on Romans 3:21-26 in my new book The Atonement: A Biblical, Theological, and Historical Study of the Cross of Christ (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2019), 75-87, minus all footnotes. Rom 3:21-26 is the key...
by David Allen | Jun 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
This is the second of a multi-part post of my discussion on this text in my new book The Atonement: A Biblical, Theological, and Historical Study of the Cross of Christ (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2019), 75-87, minus all footnotes. See Part 1 here. “But now the...
by David Allen | Jun 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Most agree that Romans 3:21–26 is the heart and apex of Paul’s teaching on the atonement, if not the key passage on atonement in the entire New Testament. This is the first of a multi-part post of my discussion on this text in my new book The Atonement: A...
by David Allen | Jun 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Here is a portion of my presentation at the Church Revitalization Conference on Sunday, June 9, prior to the Southern Baptist Convention sponsored by the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The nature of the church...
by David Allen | Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dr. M. E. Dodd, pastor of First Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA for forty years (1912-1952) founded the Southern Baptist Convention’s Pastors’ Conference in 1935 and served as its chairman (president) for fifteen years. Herschel Hobbs succeeded him and became president...
