Preaching Coach Podcast with Dr. David Allen

In this episode, Dr. David Allen reads a book chapter which could have been a sermon – “Marks of Maturity in the Ministry,” by Warren Wiersbe. Listen to this chapter from “Listening to the Giants,” and ponder the wise words about preaching a sermon versus a message and being a man who acts rather than reacts.

In this episode, Dr. David Allen reads a transcript of Thomas Chalmers’ Sermon, “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection.” This episode is the third installment in a series looking at significant sermons from the past.

In this episode, Dr. David Allen shares a recording of Dr. Roy Metts’ 2004 Founders Day sermon at Criswell College. This episode is the second installment in a series looking at significant sermons from the past. In his sermon, Dr. Metts delivers an expositional message from Colossians 1.

In this episode, Dr. David Allen reads the transcript of a sermon from Bailey Smith, preached in 1980 during a chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. The sermon, looking at 2 Corinthians 4, is one for which Dr. Allen was present at the time of its delivery and one which has enduring value to pastors, theologians, and students still today.

In this episode, Dr. David Allen interviews Olivier Melnick, the founder and executive director of Shalom in Messiah Ministries. The son of Holocaust survivors from France, Olivier is an international speaker, an authority on the topic of antisemitism, and the author of seven books. This discussion centers around the root of antisemitism, how it has expanded in recent years, and what Christians can do to help combat it.