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PHall | October 9, 2009
We need to stop growing as a congregation. Growing is too dangerous. Too many problems brought on by too many people, too many different people. Growth destroys the status quo, forces us to confront our comfort zones, brings in new and different people with new and different problems, enlarges the gaps between the mature and […]
PHall | October 9, 2009
Even those not historians are usually familiar with the advice, “Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of history are doomed to repeat them.” Clarence Darrow observed, “History repeats itself, that’s one of the things that’s wrong with history.” What mistake am I talking about? Christians separating themselves into separate churches along racial lines.
PHall | October 7, 2009
Paul’s Writing Style (James MacKnight, MacKnight on the Epistles, pp.26-27) 1. “In the first place, a concise unadorned style in preaching and writing, though accompanied with some obscurity, was, in the apostle’s situation, preferable to the clear and elegant manner of writing practiced by the Grecian orators… (1 Corinthians 1:17; 2:4).” 2. “In the […]
PHall | October 3, 2009
Wisdom has spoken about the need to live in the present, preaching that we cannot change the past and that the future is not yet here, therefore advising we must live in the present. Jesus Himself spoke wisely about living in the present when He said, Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry […]
PHall | October 3, 2009
Walking into this building is surprising, if not shocking, for some; not so much by what is here – pews, classrooms, songbooks – but by what is not here. Notice I didn’t say, “by what is missing.” That would imply they belonged. So what is not here? To be perfectly honest, we could make up […]
PHall | October 2, 2009
The alarm clock rings…with a heavy hand you smack down the snooze alarm and catch a few more zzzz’s. The alarm clock rings again…and you again – with a mighty hand – slap the snooze control smiling as you go back to sleep…The alarm clock rings again….and again…. I LOVE THE SNOOZE ALARM! The alarm […]
PHall | October 1, 2009
Have you ever been misunderstood? Welcome to the human race! In fact, one of Hollywood’s most famous lines comes from Cool Hand Luke: “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” It seems that we humans have perfected the art of misunderstanding more so than understanding. The failure to communicate has caused wars, strained […]
PHall | September 24, 2009
INTRODUCTION: A. Whether you are recently born again, or mature in the faith, no doubt we all have many questions concerning the Holy Spirit. B. Why is it that so many questions abound concerning this divine person? 1. Possibly because He never became flesh, like Jesus did, therefore His existence is not as tangible to […]
PHall | September 23, 2009
“After hearing his dad preach on `Justification,’ `Sanctification,’ and all the other `ations,’ a minister’s son was ready when his Bible Class School teacher asked if anybody knew what `procrastination’ meant. `I’m not sure what it means,’ he said, `but I know our church believes in it.’” (Dick Van Dyke, Faith, Hope, and Hilarity, p.115.) […]
PHall | September 16, 2009
The Lord’s Supper: The Accounts and Proper Order[1] The purpose of this exercise is to determine whether or not the added information concerning the “passover” cup serves a dual purpose spiritually connecting the passover of old and this new supper. If this “passover” cup bridges both suppers, then we can scripturally call the Lord’s […]