Don K. Preston

Don K. Preston
Born	Arkansas
Occupation	Minister and author

Don K. Preston is a former Church of Christ minister, author, speaker, and debater. His father was also an evangelist in the Church of Christ. and author of covenant eschatology. His books include Who is this Babylon?, A Study of Revelation. Preston was born in Arkansas.

Biography

Preston is a 1968 graduate of Elkins High School outside Fayetteville, Arkansas and a 1975 graduate of the Northside School of Preaching Seminary at Harrison, Arkansas. Preston has been in public speaking since age 13. He was named among the Jaycees' "Outstanding Young Men of America" in 1980.

Preston's preaching ministry spans 31 years^[when?] in only two different cities: Shawnee, Oklahoma and Ardmore, Oklahoma. He worked for seven years helping produce a Christian magazine style television program which received national recognition in the magazine Christianity Today.

Don has served as minister for the Ardmore church of Christ, 2712 Washington Rd, since 1990, but has recently^[1] resigned in order to devote himself full time to research writing, seminars and debates.

Literary career

Don’s book Who is this Babylon?, A Study of Revelation has received critical acclaim^{[citation needed]}. He is currently at work on several other manuscripts, including two separate books on Thessalonians, the parables of Jesus, the Olivet Discourse, the significance of circumcision in New Testament eschatology, the Song of Moses and eschatology, and others.

He is currently^[when?] finishing a manuscript entitled Seventy Weeks are Determined...for the Resurrection. Some of Preston's works have been translated into six different languages, and reprinted several times.

Preston's writings have appeared in almost every major religious periodical of the churches of Christ.

Public speaking

Preston is an experienced debater, and has participated in several formal public debates as well as radio debates. His opponents include some of the leading evangelical leaders of the day, including:

• Thomas Ice, co-founder with Tim Lahaye, of the Pre-Trib Research Center
• Harold Hoehner of Dallas Theological Seminary
• Dr. David Engelsma of Reformed Theological Seminary
• C. Marvin Pate of Moody College
• Dr. F. Lagard Smith

He has participated in live interviews on such Christian talk shows as Salt and Light in St. Louis, Missouri. Each Sunday night, Don appears as guest on The Voice of Reason with hosts John Anderson and Bradley Walworth.

Partial bibliography

• 2 Peter 3: The Late Great Kingdom (reprinted under the title of the Elements Shall Melt with Fervent Heat)
• Who is this Babylon?, A Study of Revelation (just revised and reprinted)^[when?]
• Like Father Like Son
• On Clouds of Glory
• Into All The World Then Comes The End
• The Last Days Identified^[2]
• Seal Up Vision and Prophecy
• Can God Tell Time?
• Israel: 1948
• Countdown to Nowhere
• Blast From The Past: The Truth About Armageddon
• Leaving the Rapture Behind

References

1. ^ http://unpreterist.blogspot.com/2011/07/ardmore-family-of-god-don-prestons.html
2. ^ Burdette, D Min Dallas R (2010-02). Biblical Preaching and Teaching. Xulon Press. pp. 305–. ISBN 9781615797288. http://books.google.com/books?id=yVwTGPNfDdsC&pg=PA305. Retrieved 6 May 2011. 

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