by David Allen | Dec 31, 2015 | General
I’m looking forward to a new year! In addition to kicking off the new School of Preaching at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on August 1, I will be working on several writing projects. 1. B&H Publishing is scheduled to release my The Extent of the...
by David Allen | Dec 28, 2015 | Bible, Devotional, Speaking Engagement
Two words, “united” and “untied,” have exactly the same letters. Transpose the middle two letters and you can go from united to being untied. The key is the position of the “i.” Unity is vital in any endeavor. In order to be successful, work, war, and wedlock all need...
by David Allen | Dec 24, 2015 | Christmas
By popular demand from one year ago: . . . . . “BREAKING NEWS! Anonymous Manuscript Discovery on Christmas Eve Excites Scholars in Search of Authorship There has been an amazing manuscript discovery this week that has Christmas lovers everywhere puzzled. (Content...
by David Allen | Dec 21, 2015 | Devotional
You’ve heard the old riddle “When is a door not a door?” Answer: “When it’s ajar.” F. W. Boreham’s answer to the riddle was different. He said a door is never a door, because it is always so much more than a door. A door is one of the most intriguing mysteries in the...
by David Allen | Dec 14, 2015 | Bible, Christmas, Devotional, Scripture References
In 165 BC, Israel was under the control of the Syrian ruler Antiochus Epiphanes. A cruel and ruthless dictator, he attempted to force the Jews to embrace the Greek culture of the day and cease to obey the Mosaic Law. Antiochus went so far as to desecrate the temple of...
by David Allen | Nov 30, 2015 | Bible, Preaching, Theology
Fifteen years ago, I wrote about the negative impact a low view of biblical authority, rejection of propositional communication, and the focus on creating an experience, had on preaching. (David L. Allen, “A Tale of Two Roads: Homiletics and Biblical...
by David Allen | Nov 18, 2015 | Baptist, Calvinism, Preaching, Quotes, Theology
NOTE: This is a portion of my Evangelical Theological Society paper “Andrew Fuller: Particular Redemptionist who Held to Unlimited Atonement.” Fuller was a very important English Baptist (d. 1815) who had enormous impact on Baptists in America. Fuller’s debates with...
by David Allen | Oct 28, 2015 | Culture
Here is the link to my article on how to reach the “Selfie” generation at Southwestern Seminary’s blog www.theologicalmatters.com: http://theologicalmatters.com/2015/10/27/5-keys-to-reaching-the-selfie-generation/
by David Allen | Oct 26, 2015 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
On Thursday, October 22, I preached in chapel at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It was my first chapel sermon since the home going of my wife, Sherri. The text is 2 Corinthians 12:7-10. During her 3 year and 9 month battle with cancer, Sherri learned to...
by David Allen | Oct 19, 2015 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
These past two Sundays I’ve preached a two-part sermon on Numbers 9:15-23 at First Baptist Church, Irving, TX, where I am the new interim pastor. Numbers 9:15-23 signals the conclusion of the time of Israel’s one-year encampment at Sinai and their embarkation on their...
