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PHall | July 11, 2018
Stop being “American”!? Paul could have easily offended the Gentile Christians if they were thin-skinned and not “thick souled”. Today too often Christians easily get their feeling hurt when it hits close to home. Borrowing and adapting a current disdainful phrase, the truth is not for the “Religiously Correct.” Notice how Paul warns the Ephesian […]
PHall | July 9, 2018
Many preachers proclaim “faith only” saves because “works cannot save”. To test that theory, let’s substitute other words to see if that holds true according to the Bible. Can we “hear only” but not respond to what we hear and be saved? Read Romans 10. Can we repent only? “Repent” literally means “change one’s mind.” […]
PHall | July 9, 2018
Reading the accounts of salvation in Acts, we witness people responding to God’s offer of grace through His crucified Son by: hearing, believing, repenting, confessing, and being baptized. All of these are stated or implied in the first account of people responding to the crucified One in Acts 2. Going to Revelation people add, “be […]
PHall | July 9, 2018
I admit it. I waste time watching miscellaneous YouTube videos. Two things are common among them all: 1. More people watch than make comments about them. 2. No matter how excellent some will give it a thumbs down. A church is sadly like this too. Does that surprise you? 1. More will sit around and […]
PHall | July 6, 2018
In the beginning God creates Adam and Eve to be His representative image on earth. They chose to not represent by failing to listen. This is the beginning of the end. God begins all over again with Noah, a new physical creation. He does well initially, but then gets drunk from his own planting success […]
PHall | July 5, 2018
I watch a lot of motorcycle videos. There is a lot of cussing said by “bikers” which hurts my ears, so I turn those off. There is one reviewer who begins each video with a Bible verse. When reading the comments, almost every video someone says they came for the bikes, not the Bible. The […]
PHall | July 3, 2018
Businesses can change their whole purpose as to why they were founded. Some do this to survive, others from various outside forces, and with some, it leads to their demise. Examples of change can be found in the YMCA which originally meant Young Men’s Christian Association. For years now females have belonged. Recently the Boy […]
PHall | July 3, 2018
Are we living the gospel story in our congregation? Let’s look at Ephesians 4:1-3 I. THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR GOAL Therefore (the “therefore” goes back to the gospel story “in Christ” that we bless God for – chapters 1-3) I, the prisoner in the Lord, (Next Paul issues our challenge) urge you to live worthy […]
PHall | July 3, 2018
John 7:24: “Stop judging according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment” (CSB). Ironically, I wonder if people today are not judging righteously what Jesus meant here? I wonder if people – you and me – too often interpret actions of others outwardly; meaning we have a surface, outward, understanding of both their […]
PHall | July 3, 2018
Do Christians have an easier time loving their enemies than tolerating their fellow Christians? Both are commands (Mt.5:44; Eph.4:2). Both are covered in the latter part of Romans 12. More importantly, both are covered in the cross. Jesus died for those mocking him to His face, standing at His feet. Jesus died for those who […]