by David Allen | Mar 4, 2020 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
I. INTRODUCTION: 1. Jesus’ favorite teaching method was the parable. Garrison Keeler is good, but Jesus is the best! 2. Hermeneutically, most parables are not allegorical but analogical. An interpretation based on what is not there is almost certainly wrong. 3....
by David Allen | Feb 26, 2020 | Bible, Sermons
A few years ago I preached in chapel at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on the second coming of Jesus. After surveying briefly Postmillennialism, Amillennialism, and Premillennialism, I walked through some Old Testament texts in Isaiah, Acts 1:6-11, and...
by David Allen | Feb 7, 2020 | Bible, Devotional, General, Scripture References
Every serious Christian desires to know and do the will of God. Paul says in Ephesians 5: “Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” 1. OUR MOTIVES MUST BE PURE – Luke 11:34; Psalm 40:8 Ask the Holy Spirit to give you the single...
by David Allen | Feb 3, 2020 | Bible, Scripture References, Sermons
NOTE: For my complete 1st person narrative sermon on this text, see 1-3 John: Fellowship in the Family (Wheaton: Crossway, 2013), 223-30. Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Court is now in session! In 1 John 5:6-12, John summons witnesses to testify to the truth that Jesus is the Son...
by David Allen | Jan 29, 2020 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
In part two we take a look Psalm 1:4-6. Godly Living Insures True Blessing (1-3). Ungodly Living Insures Eternal Destruction (4-6). God Declares the Impermanence of the Ungodly – (4) Verse 4 begins with a terse statement: “Not so the ungodly!” The blessings that...
by David Allen | Jan 27, 2020 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
Psalm 1 is the faithful doorkeeper; the vestibule leading into the sanctuary of praise known as the book of Psalms. Psalm 1 is to the entire book of Psalms as middle C is to the piano. It is the text of which the book of Psalms is the sermon. Jerome in the Latin...
