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PHall | March 6, 2025
When Are We Converted? Notice how conversion (using the KJV word) in Acts 3:19 corresponds to baptism in Acts 2:38. Here are the parallels: Acts 2:38 – 1) Repent 2) and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ 3) for the forgiveness of sins 4) and you will receive the gift of the Holy […]
PHall | December 19, 2024
10 Ways to Be a Modern-Day Barnabas 1. Be willing to change our ways and minds (Acts 4:36-37) 2. Be part of a culture of volunteerism (Acts 4:32-37). 3. Do the hard work of forgiveness (Acts 9:26-27). 4. Believe in people and stand beside them when others doubt (Acts 9:26-27) 5. Consider people more important […]
PHall | December 19, 2024
10 Dangers of Being A Modern Barnabas 1. Encouragers can tend to hide their discouragement from others. 2. Encouragers can be so busy filling up others that they become empty. 3. Encouragers can become weary in doing good because they are overused and therefore abused. 4. Encouragers themselves have times of doubt and hardship and […]
PHall | November 21, 2024
The Great Reversal “The Great Reversal” begins in Acts 8:1. The scattering after the persecution is the exact opposite of Acts 2, wherein there people gathered on Jerusalem. While that is a significant evangelism shift needed today, from people coming to us (i.e., our church buildings), to us going to them, that is not “The […]
PHall | November 21, 2024
10 Ways to Be a Modern-Day Barnabas 1. Be willing to change our ways and minds (Acts 4:36-37) 2. Be part of a culture of volunteerism (Acts 4:32-37). 3. Do the hard work of forgiveness (Acts 9:26-27). 4. Believe in people and stand beside them when others doubt (Acts 9:26-27) 5. Consider people more important […]
PHall | September 19, 2024
Is there only one way to God? Contrary to popular thought, and recent comments made by the head of the Catholic Church, Jesus is the only way. But do we understand deeply what that means? Jesus is called the Way (John 14:6) and Jesus’s followers were so identified with their Lord that, what we call […]
PHall | September 17, 2024
ACTION #1 – Follow up on problems quickly by not ignoring or hiding from them (Acts 15:1-6). REASON – This keeps smaller problems from becoming bigger, and bigger problems from becoming insurmountable. ACTION #2 – Allow the leaders to lead (Acts 15:6). REASON – Leaders need followers or else they are figureheads who become the […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
What Is Peter’s Favorite OT Story and Why? Peter’s favorite O.T. story is….? If we read his epistles, one OT story is recounted 3 times: 1 Peter 3:20, 2 Peter 2:5 and 3:5-6. This OT narrative is only mentioned 6 times in the NT (Matthew 24:37–39, Luke 17:26–27, 1 Peter 3:20, 2 Peter 2:5, 2 […]
PHall | November 1, 2023
What is the gift of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2:38? 1. The key is noticing how Peter quotes Joel 2 in Acts 2, ending with a partial quote of Joel 2:32 in Acts 2:21. 2. Then Peter preaches on their responsibility in killing the Christ and God resurrecting Jesus. 3. And finishing with an […]
PHall | October 13, 2023
A “Sound” Church A transformation begins. The assignment is, “Read Acts and make a list of the marks of a sound church.” Busily, the group starts answering this one, detailed, question. When class resumes, the teacher asks for their answers. The majority within the church have been “raised in the pew” and expectedly give answers […]