by David Allen | Jan 4, 2019 | Preaching, Sermons, Uncategorized
In his classic On Christian Doctrine (Book 4), Augustine extols rhetoric as the handmaid of truth. Rhetoric must never degenerate into the role of court jester in preaching. We have all witnessed the preacher who “with conjuring adroitness keeps producing fat rabbit...
by David Allen | Dec 31, 2018 | Devotional, General, Gospel, Uncategorized
We are all born debtors. The instant we emerge from the birth canal, we owe someone for 9 months of room and board. Since the national debt is just shy of 22 trillion, that newborn baby’s portion of the national debt is $66, 532. If the newborn were an instant...
by David Allen | May 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Having known Paige Patterson for forty-three years as mentor and friend, and serving under his leadership at SWBTS since 2004, first as the Dean of the School of Theology and currently as the founding Dean of the School of Preaching, I am compelled to speak. As a...
by David Allen | Dec 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
I recently did an interview with Todd Scacewater from Exegetical Tools about my new book The Extent of the Atonement. We discuss things such as: the methodology I used in writing the book, the importance of the extent of the atonement in relation to pastoral theology...
by David Allen | Nov 29, 2016 | Theology, Uncategorized
The Extent of the Atonement: A Historical and Critical Review. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2016. The extent of Christ’s atoning work on the cross is one of the most divisive issues in evangelical Christianity. In The Extent of the Atonement: A Historical and Critical...
