Don K. Preston

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Don K. Preston is a Minister and author of covenant eschatology. His writing works include books such as "Who is this Babylon?"

[edit] Biography

Don is 56 years old^[when?]. His father was also an Evangelist in the church of Christ. Don was born in Arkansas. 1968 Graduate of Elkins High School outside Fayetteville, Arkansas. 1975 graduate of the Northside school of preaching, (seminary) [Harrison, Arkansas]]. Don has been in public speaking since age 13. Among the Jaycees' "Outstanding Young Men of America," 1980.

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

[edit] Books

Don has written several books, including:

2 Peter 3: The Late Great Kingdom (now reprinted under the title of the Elements Shall Melt with Fervent Heat)
Who is This Babylon? (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
Seal Up Vision and Prophecy
Can God Tell Time?
Israel: 1948
Countdown To No Where
Blast From The Past: The Truth About Armageddon
Leaving the Rapture Behind

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.

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.

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

[edit] Public speaking

Mr. 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 host John Anderson.

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