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PHall | November 18, 2025
A Ship of Fellows; Not A Ship of Fools The word “fellowship” can be divided into two parts. 1. FELLOW – The base word means “of the same kind”. A synonym is “partners”. 2. SHIP – As a suffix, “ship” means “state of being”. Put together, fellowship is “the state of being of the same […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Who Are “The Rest” in 1 Timothy 5:19? Who are the “rest” who should be “fearful” in 1 Timothy 5:20? What group does “the rest” refer to? While it is understandable that “the rest” be interpreted as the rest of the congregation; there is another group – “the rest” of the elders. As is common […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
1 Corinthians 5 A – REMOVE (5:1-2): It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father’s wife. And you have become puffed up and have not mourned instead, so that the one who […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Four Stages of “Seeing” Providence : 1. Performed by God’s Foresight. 2. Experienced by Eyesight. 3. Interpreted by Hindsight 4. Understood by Heaven-sight. In Bible class we are studying God’s Providence (with Special Application to Acts). I wrote the material over two decades ago. It is fitting since this topic is beyond our human ability […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
No Trunk or Treat? Here is an old-fashioned religious thought that is still needed today – With so many churches having trunk or treat, why is the Millersville church of Christ not following along too? First, I appreciate any and all who want to keep children safe. Second (and this is where it becomes old-fashioned), […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Difference Between Judaism and Christianity? An Orthodox Jew was interviewing a well-known “Christian Pastor”. The Jewish man stated, “other than a certain story”…. This sounded personally and painfully vague on his part, but some Jews refuse to say Jesus’s name because of Exodus 23:13: “Make no mention of the name of other Gods”. Back to […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
An Old Story Made New Again Do you remember this true event? Deity descended resulting in fire, speaking, loud sounds, crowd reacting to the sounds, water, and a promise received? This is the story of Israel at Mt. Sinai (Exodus 19), before crossing through the Jordan, to reach the Promised Land. There is a belief […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Loving God Means Loving My Wife In answering what is the greatest commandment (Matthew 22:34–40, Mark 12:28–34, and Luke 10:25–28): 1. Jesus DOES NOT say, “Love God with your heart, soul, strength, and mind”. 2. Again, Jesus DOES NOT say, “Love God with ALL your heart, soul, strength, and mind”. 3. However, Jesus DOES SAY, […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
A Wheelchair Conversation While I was pushing her wheelchair, I was speaking to an elderly widow in an assisted living facility. She told me that her husband had been an evangelist in Tanzania, plus he was a preacher and an elder a various times at local congregations. I responded, “God needs people like that”. Then […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
We Are Not the King Read again the parable of the unrighteous servant in Matthew 18. If we think it is about how we should forgive because God forgives us, we missed Jesus’s point. Read it again and focus on the rights of the king that we do not have, such as insisting on being […]