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...
by David Allen | Sep 19, 2014 | Bible, Scripture References, Sermons
In order to understand what Paul means by “died to sin,” we must know three things. Notice the strategic placement of the word “know” in vv. 3, 6, and 9. As Christians, we are dead to sin’s authority, but we often act like we don’t know this fact. The first truth we...
by David Allen | Sep 18, 2014 | Bible
They called him the Mad Monk of Russia. He was the religious and political confidant of Empress Alexandra of the Romanov family in Russia at the turn of the last century. He justified his profligate lifestyle by grossly misinterpreting Romans 5:20: “Where sin...
by David Allen | Sep 1, 2014 | Culture, General
Paul White, co-author of Rising Above a Toxic Workplace with Gary Chapman and Harold Myra, has written a short piece entitled “Hidden Poisons in a Toxic Workplace.” It appears in Moody Publisher’s “Post-Sunday Newsletter for Church Leaders” —- For our book,...
by David Allen | Aug 23, 2014 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
John identifies three spiritual birthmarks every Christian has in these verses: Love Obedience Faith I. Our Love and Obedience to God Insure Our Love for Christians – (vv. 1–3). A. Love to God Insures our Love for Christians (1) The first...
by David Allen | Aug 16, 2014 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
I. God’s Love is Completed in Us When We Abide in Him – (12). Love fulfills two important functions. 1. Our love for others is evidence that God is real and dwells in us. Since no one has seen God, how are we supposed to get people who don’t know God to believe...
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...
