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PHall | February 15, 2010
The power of doubt is that it can overcome facts. The power of love is that it can overcome those same facts. The power of free will is that we choose to live in doubt, or by love. In Matthew 28:17, some worshipped Jesus after His resurrection, but some were doubtful. The fact of His […]
PHall | February 15, 2010
The best argument for Christianity is Christians. The best argument against Christianity is “Christians.”
PHall | February 14, 2010
Twenty-five times the phrase “the fear of the Lord” occurs in the NASB. “Fear” is a word that is considered…well, you have heard the phrase “politically incorrect,” so let me coin another frightening phrase—“religiously incorrect.” Today’s “Christianity” has the “pendulum” effect of overreacting to the past emphasis of fear to the neglect of love. Too […]
PHall | February 14, 2010
The Bible is not a fictional play, but I sometimes wish it were. No I am not wishing it to be inauthentic so that I may excuse my behavior and do as I please. What I mean is that man-made scripts often “set the scene.” Scripts give written instruction for how the lines are to […]
PHall | February 10, 2010
Before we can properly get out of a text what the writer put in the text we must discover, “What question is being asked?” To find an answer to a question that is not being asked is an improper use of that text. For example, in Romans 5:12 is Paul asking “why do all men […]
PHall | February 7, 2010
Have you heard of Christian Football? I don’t know where I got this list, although I will admit that the last definition is mine. Pass: What many in bible class do when asked to answer a question. Quarterback Sneak: Church members who quietly exit following the Lord’s Supper, a quarter of the way through the […]
PHall | February 6, 2010
It is no wonder that people misunderstand me when I preach. No, I am not referring to my frequent verbal faux pas, mangling of multiple syllabic words, or even the occasional disconnect between my brain and mouth – sometimes the inserted foot makes for a bad connection. No, I am not surprised that people misunderstand […]
PHall | February 6, 2010
A. It is Subtle 1. There is a sin which a Catholic priest once declared that no one had ever confessed to him – a sin so deadly that the wrath of God comes upon men because of it; a sin so common that probably everybody has at some time been guilty of it; a […]
PHall | February 6, 2010
IDOLS OF THE MIND (Francis Bacon – Novum Organum) (The Stone Campbell Movement, p.28) A. Those fallacies from tradition and faulty think that blind people to facts. B. Idols of the Tribe – stem from the sluggish mind that is satisfied and too lazy to think, and accepts only those things that support its superstitions […]
PHall | February 6, 2010
A. Because Idolatry is a Fleshly Worship 1. John 4:24 NASB “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” 2. I want us to consider for the moment that the Old Testament Worship that the Israelites were commanded to observe, all of the fleshly worship, was never how God […]