In this episode of the Preaching Coach Podcast, Dr. David Allen talks about John Bishop’s 1952 book “The Man in the Manse” and reads from Chapter 1 on a pastor’s calling. Bishop says ministry is hard but a great privilege, and pastors must stay close to Scripture, preach with energy, and care for people while living a life that matches their message. He also describes the mixed and often unfair expectations churches place on ministers and warns about three common temptations: to be lazy, to seek attention, and to complain. Bishop urges pastors to work with discipline, stay humble, and keep preaching and teaching as the main priority.

As a new school year begins, this episode shares five biblical lessons for students, teachers, parents, and anyone starting a new season. Dr. David Allen encourages students to work hard, choose friends carefully, and live consistently Christian, thanks teachers for their often-unseen impact, and urges parents and grandparents to pray daily for children, educators, and protection.

In this episode of the Preaching Coach Podcast, Dr. David L. Allen draws similarities between elite baseball pitching and effective preaching while highlighting his book, “From the Mound to the Pulpit: Preaching Lessons from Baseball.” Looking closely at the “And Here’s the Pitch: Delivering the Word” section, Dr. Allen emphasizes strategy, preparation, mechanics, sequencing, confidence, and continual learning in the process of sermon delivery.

In this episode of the Preaching Coach Podcast, Dr. David L. Allen provides a brief look at a new book releasing later this week – an update to the widely-loved “Preaching Tools” book. Listen in to find out what’s new to this volume and what readers and preachers can expect as they look at adding this new resource to their libraries.

In this episode of the Preaching Coach Podcast, Dr. David L. Allen introduces his new book, “From the Mound to the Pulpit: Preaching Lessons from Baseball for Sermon Preparation and Delivery,” available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback, and hardback. He focuses on chapter three, drawing parallels between pitching and preaching—especially the primacy of delivery, strategic adjustment, and varying “pitches” to avoid monotony.

In this episode of the Preaching Coach Podcast, Dr. David L. Allen introduces longtime friend Dr. Timothy Pigg, pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church in Immokalee, Florida, and director of the Conservative Baptist Network, the podcast’s first sponsor. Dr. Pigg shares his background in expository preaching and talks with Dr. Allen about the Conservative Baptist Network’s mission to connect churches, encourage pastors, and support Great Commission work, including international church planting partnerships.

In this episode of the Preaching Coach Podcast, Dr. David L. Allen reflects on excerpts from an anonymous 1885 article, “Modern Homiletics,” from the Southern Presbyterian Review, exploring whether preachers’ textbook ideals of sermons actually serve congregations. The article argues that modern sermon forms owe much to Greek rhetoric and Aristotle rather than New Testament preaching, and warns that polished, “fine” sermons can become empty displays of verbosity with little practical effect. True preaching, it contends, aims at specific, present impact on listeners, even if it breaks homiletical rules. The piece highlights D.L. Moody as an example of effectiveness without textbook form, urging preachers not to depend too much on methods apart from the Holy Spirit.

In this episode of the Preaching Coach Podcast, Dr. David Allen briefly departs from the usual focus on preaching to recommend four of his books for summer reading including:

• “To the Jew First: Two-Part Romans: A Structural Game Changer?”
• “Liberating Romans from Reformed Captivity”
• “From the Mound to the Pulpit: Preaching Lessons from Baseball”
• “Preaching Tools: An Annotated Bibliography of Sermon Resources for Every Book of the Bible” (releasing July 2026)

In this episode of the Preaching Coach Podcast, Dr. David Allen teaches from Jude 3–4, looking back to a 2015 theology journal article he wrote as a guide. He explains that “the faith” refers to the once-for-all delivered body of apostolic Christian doctrine that must not be altered, and that doctrine and practice belong together, since false teachers distort grace into immorality and deny Jesus Christ. He explains that all Christians—not only pastors—must contend for the faith because false teachers counterfeit truth, and contending must be done earnestly, with the intensity of a race or hand-to-hand combat.

In today’s episode, Dr. David Allen explores how pastors can keep their preaching fresh week after week, arguing that lasting freshness comes less from novelty and more from enduring disciplines rooted in Scripture and the task of shepherding. He emphasizes letting the biblical text set the agenda through consecutive exposition of books of the Bible, which naturally provides variety and prevents preference-driven preaching.