Preaching Coach Podcast with Dr. David Allen

In this episode, Dr. David Allen discusses his brand new book, “From the Mound to the Pulpit,” looking at the similarities between baseball and preaching and the many ways baseball can offer insights into the task of preaching of God’s Word. “From the Mound to the Pulpit” is available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover options.

In this episode, Dr. David Allen talks about prayer with with Dr. Kie Bowman, Senior Pastor Emeritus of Hyde Park Baptist Church in Austin, Texas, where he served as Senior Pastor for nearly 26 years before retiring in March 2023. 

After listening to this podcast, be sure to get a copy of Dr. Bowman’s excellent book, “Evangelistic Prayer: Engaging the Power of God for the Lost,” published in 2024 and linked here.

In today’s special guest host episode, Dr. Kyle Walker, senior pastor of Cartersville First Baptist Church, fills in for Preaching Coach Podcast host Dr. David Allen. Joining Dr. Walker this week on the podcast are several fellow pastors from Cartersville, Ga., who discuss with him the task of preaching and the way the men encourage each other in leading their congregations week after week. From sermon preparation to sermon review, the men share what processes work well for them in preaching the Word of God and what elements combine to create an effective sermon.

In today’s special guest host episode, Dr. Mac Brunson fills in for Preaching Coach Founder Dr. David Allen, talking with longtime preachers Dr. Jerry Vines and Dr. Barry McCarty. Dr. Brunson serves as senior pastor of Valleydale Church in Birmingham, Ala.; Dr. Vines served as pastor for more than 60 years and served twice as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC); and Dr. McCarty serves as chair of the Hans Denck School of Communication at Truett McConnell University and has served the SBC in the role of chief parliamentarian for four decades as of this coming June. The group’s engaging and lighthearted discussion spans across several topics pastors will find interesting from the use of AI in sermon preparation to the development of sermon illustrations and the structure of any spoken presentation to an audience. A close walk with the Lord and time and attention given to spiritual disciplines rise to the top, they agree, in equipping a pastor to preach faithfully the inerrant Word of God.

In today’s special guest host episode, Woodlawn Baptist Church Senior Pastor Dr. Lewis Richerson talks with Dr. Tommy Middleton, current director of missions for the Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge and the previous senior pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. This engaging discussion ranges from the importance of theological education, the ways that has changed over the past two decades, and the need for more pastors called of God to carefully exposit the Word of God.