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 | 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...
by David Allen | Mar 22, 2019 | Preaching
As one who has listened to preaching for more than 50 years, studied it for more than 40 years, and taught it for 30 years, I am always thankful for those who faithfully preach the Word. However, many of today’s pulpits are filled with their fair share of curiosities,...
by David Allen | Mar 11, 2019 | Preaching
Today’s church needs a good dose of preaching on forgiveness. There is no better place to do so than Paul’s one-chapter epistle to Philemon. The letter oozes forgiveness. If I were preaching a series of sermons on Philemon, one resource I would use is O. S. Hawkin’s...
by David Allen | Feb 20, 2019 | Preaching
I have always loved books. When I was called to preach at age 16, a retired minister gave me 400 volumes from his library. Since then, I have been something of a collector of theological books, including hundreds of commentaries. These have served as treasured...
