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PHall | September 4, 2015
There is an irony in studying that is so uncomfortable it often controls our conclusions: We have to want to be wrong. Most often we couch it positively: we have to want to be right. But before we can be right we must first be willing to be proven wrong. It is the same with […]
PHall | September 4, 2015
It is tempting to emphasize one trait of God above another such as mercy over justice, or justice over mercy. What we fail to see is by emphasizing one characteristic we neglect another or all others. When we neglect emphasizing one of God’s traits we have “denominationalized” God. Have you noticed how some denominations emphasize […]
PHall | August 13, 2015
Did Peter and John lie? A good argument that the church treasury is for saints only might come from a passage that isn’t normally used. In Acts 2 and 4, even 5, we have several scriptures detailing the treasury being used for saints. In Acts 3 when a poor person, an unbeliever, asks for alms, […]
PHall | August 13, 2015
A – Jude serves our Savior, Jesus Christ (1a) B – Beloved in God and kept for Jesus Christ (1b) C – Mercy, love, and salvation (2-3a) D – Contend for the faith (3b) E – Prophecies from the OT (4-7) F – False Teachers Described (8) G – Michael the Archangel (9) (Apocryphal Source) […]
PHall | August 8, 2015
If baptism is just a public demonstration of faith, just an outward sign of an inward grace, then why was the Ethiopian eunuch baptized in a deserted area with no other believers than Philip? Why not go back to Jerusalem to be public before 5000 plus disciples? Why was the Philippian jailer baptized in the […]
PHall | August 4, 2015
The reason the Winston-Salem church of Christ does not use instrumental music in our worship to God is the same reason why we don’t build arks. Noah was told to build an ark, Christians were not. Physical Israelites were commanded to use instrumental music. Christians were not. Unlike physical Israel, Christians don’t have a physical […]
PHall | July 31, 2015
When discussing how to establish authority, some have given up on commands, examples, and necessary inference (or better implication). If you see the acronym CENI, that is what this is. One common way to disparage it is to ask the seemingly unanswerable question, “Necessary to who?” The point then is made, what is necessary to […]
PHall | July 31, 2015
What God requires of us takes honesty. God requires that we recognize reality. Upon recognizing reality we respond. The reality is He is the Creator and we His creation. Everything stems from that reality (Rom.1:18ff). Just think of how many sins deny the image of God within us, within all.
PHall | July 26, 2015
Marketing makes sense. Beautiful hair when selling hair products; not someone bald or ratty. Healthy people when selling vitamins; not someone decrepit and pale. Strong bodies when selling athletic equipment; not someone who really needs it. All this is simple which is why true Christianity will always fail at marketing. While our lives are to […]
PHall | July 24, 2015
In Camelot, the adulterous relationship between Queen Guinevere and Arthur’s most trusted knight, Sir Lancelot, has divided the Round Table. When the scheming Mordred catches them in a clandestine encounter, Lancelot escapes. Guinevere is not so fortunate. She faces a trial; and the jury finds her guilty, sentencing her to the flame. As the day […]