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 9, 2014 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
I. Love is Personified in God Himself (7–8). John gives two reasons for the command to love one another in v. 7. 1. Love has its source in God. (7a) 2. Love evidences the new birth and knowledge of God (7b) Verse 8 reverses what John said in verse 7 by placing it in...
by David Allen | Aug 3, 2014 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
1 John 3:19–24 “How to Send Your Guilt Trip Packing” NOTE: These notes are mostly exegetical/content oriented. For the full sermon with illustrations and application, see my 1-3 John: Fellowship in the Family in Preaching the Word (Wheaton: Crossway, 2013), 163-174...
by David Allen | Jul 27, 2014 | Bible, General, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
John speaks of four different levels of relationships in which you can choose to live: murder (vv.11–12), hatred (vv. 13–15), indifference (vv. 16–17), and Christian love in action (v. 18). I. Love and Hate are Mutually Exclusive in Your Christian Life – (vv....
by David Allen | Jul 25, 2014 | Baptist, Bible, General, Gospel, Preaching, Scripture References
For two and a half weeks I was in England and Scotland with 71 students and faculty from SEBTS and SWBTS on our annual Oxford Study Tour. The tour consists of courses taught by faculty combined with trips to some of the important historical sites in Baptist history...
by David Allen | Jul 3, 2014 | Bible, Preaching, Scripture References, Sermons
With tomorrow being the 4th of July, freedom will be a constant theme on social media, television programming, and sermons on Sunday. Paul reminds us in Galatians 5:1 that “It was for freedom that Christ has set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be...
