David L. Allen > Quotes

“Two extremes must be avoided: (1) Southern Baptists should never be Calvinists, and (2) true Southern Baptists must be Calvinists.”
― David L. Allen, Whosoever Will

“The presenters in the John 3:16 Conference stand in the great Baptist tradition that is neither fully Calvinist nor Arminian but is informed by both of these theological traditions”
― David L. Allen, Whosoever Will

“There was a time when you began to love your mate or your children, but there was never a time when God began to love you.”
― David L. Allen, Whosoever Will

“A. T. Robertson says it means “the whole human race.”7 It refers to the sum total of all people. The verse provides no hint here that “world” refers only to the world of the elect. God does not love just the elect; God loves everyone.”
― David L. Allen, Whosoever Will

“After all, here was a person, proud to be a five-point Calvinist, whose doctrines would have been repudiated by Calvin.”
― David L. Allen, Whosoever Will

“Concerning the content of the message itself, one must determine first whether the preacher has understood the text and grasped his subject. A biblical preacher must not only comprehend the broad purpose of his text, as well as other insights available about the text, but he must also have a sufficient theological comprehension and an above-average grasp of the Bible as a whole to set his text properly in the theological milieu. Great preachers are cognizant of the necessity to be able to do exegesis and exposition within a historical setting of which they are constantly aware. How little actual grasp of scriptural knowledge is present in most North American preachers is reflected in the relative biblical illiteracy and theological misapprehensions of most congregations.”
― David L. Allen, Text-Driven Preaching: God's Word at the Heart of Every Sermon