by David Allen | Jun 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Porter Routh, long-time Executive Secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee for twenty-eight years (1951-1979), wrote an interesting book published in 1978 on the subject of the alternate sermon at the Southern Baptist Convention entitled...
by David Allen | May 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
This is the third and final post on The Synod of Dort and the Extent of the Atonement. If you missed the previous two posts they may be accessed here: Part 1 and Part 2. This material is excerpted from pages 154-157 of my book The Extent of the Atonement, minus the...
by David Allen | May 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today marks the 500th anniversary of the final meeting of the months-long Synod of Dort. This post is the second of a three-part post taken from my book The Extent of the Atonement. Part 2. Dort’s “Second Head of Doctrine—the Death of Christ, and the Redemption of...
by David Allen | May 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
May 29, 2019, marks the 500th anniversary of the final session of the months-long Synod of Dort which was in session from November 13, 1618–May 29, 1619. The Synod of Dort, along with the Westminster Assembly (1643–1648), were the two most important events in Reformed...
by David Allen | May 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Here is a link to my article at PreachingSource.com listing the best commentaries and resources on preaching and teaching James in the New Testament! bit.ly/2DBLdWP
by David Allen | May 20, 2019 | Bible, Devotional
Luther’s ramshackle cart wobbled its way to Worms, Germany, in April of 1521. He had been summoned to appear before the Emperor and Catholic Prelates to give an account of this new “heresy” he was teaching called “justification by faith alone.” The learned Johann Eck...
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...
