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PHall | November 21, 2024
Are churches experiencing their own “Rumspringa”? Amish and Mennonite societies have their children, roughly from ages 16-21, leave their communities to experience the outside world. This is partly to solidify their decision to either leave or stay within their religious culture. This explanation of Rumspringa is an oversimplication, but let me rephrase for the purpose […]
PHall | November 21, 2024
1. Faith Alone (no works which is contrary to Romans’s emphasis on “the obedience of faith” – 1:6; 16:26). 2. Faith and Works (which seems contrary to being saved by faith). 3. Faith that works (which is our faith and is using “works” as a verb instead of a noun – Galatians 5:6 – “but […]
PHall | November 21, 2024
If there was anyone who was too busy, it was Jesus (Mark 1:29-34, 38-39, 1:40-42, 45; 2:1-2; etc.). If there was anyone who could worship anywhere, it was Jesus (Mark 1:35; Luke 22:39). If there was anyone who was better than those hypocrites, it was Jesus (Mark 1:23-26; 2:16; 3:2). If there was anyone who […]
PHall | November 21, 2024
I belong to a local congregation that is called, “Millersville church of Christ”. When asked what church I belong to, I often add, “But any other name in the Bible, we go by that one too”. That usually brings a smile. If speaking biblically, there is no official name or title for Christ’s church. When […]
PHall | September 24, 2024
Helping Those Who Misuse Our Help Ever wonder if we should give money to those who might wrongly use it for alcohol or drugs? Besides God causing it to rain on the righteous and unrighteous (Matthew5:45), let’s consider another example. Sometimes helping others, doing them favors, and such, backfires. Despite us doing them a favor […]
PHall | September 24, 2024
Read Ephesians and there are many statements of oneness and unity. However there is one theme we should notice. 1. The church is Christ’s body (1:22-23). 2. Both groups are one new man (i.e., a man has or is a body) (2:15). 3. Both groups are reconciled in one body (2:16). 4. Members of the […]
PHall | September 24, 2024
You can’t control how talented you are, or how you are compared to more talented preachers. You can’t control how intelligent you are, or how you are compared to more intelligent preachers. You can control how hard you work. And even then remember this, “But by the grace of God I am what I am, […]
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 | September 17, 2024
How do we keep our children from leaving faithful churches to go to those not following the faith? How do we help our children follow after faithful saints regardless of age, instead of leaving to follow after their friends? This is an anecdotal tale. From 6th grade to 12th grade, I worshiped with a small […]