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PHall | July 25, 2019
Don’t get baptized if all you are focused on is getting past sins forgiven so you can have a future eternity in Heaven. That’s not enough. That’s not biblical. That’s not the gospel. Don’t get baptized if that is what you are thinking. What’s missing? You’ve got the past right, forgiveness of sins. You’ve got the […]
PHall | July 25, 2019
PHall | July 25, 2019
What does it mean to believe the gospel?Belief is not easy. Nor is it a one time event. To help us understand, first notice Paul states twice the same fact of what he did (1 Corinthians15:1-2): • PAUL (v.1) “Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you”• PAUL (V.2) “which […]
PHall | July 24, 2019
PHall | July 19, 2019
Before reading the text understand the following:1. A disciple is a student. 2. Students are taught.3. Students are taught what the teacher teaches.4. Teachers teach what they are authorized to teach.All of that is straight forward. Students in a math class are taught math, not biology; that’s what the teacher is paid to teach. Again straight […]
PHall | July 19, 2019
If one of the gospel books is about testifying or witnessing, it is John. Thirty-one times martureo is used in John, versus once in Matthew, once in Luke, and zero times in Mark. Here are 2 uses which go back to the legal requirement of needing 2 or 3 witnesses: • ““If I testify about myself, […]
PHall | July 16, 2019
Since the Word of God is Compared to Foods (i.e., Revelation 10:9-10): A Sermon is Like A Meal:1. You don’t remember every “meal”, but every “meal” nourished you.2. Tact and gracious words are like ketchup, it makes everything taste better (but too much is yucky!).3. When too much is “served”, there is no reason to […]
PHall | July 15, 2019
Bookends of Matthew:The beginning is the end, Immanuel means “God with us” and Jesus concludes with, “I am with you.” So are there other connections between Matthew 1 and 28?1. Beginning: Jesus as the Son of Abraham/David vs End: Jesus as the Son of God.2. Beginning: Jesus the descendant of those “Fathered”, although not fathered […]
PHall | July 15, 2019
1 reason cussing is nonsense is it is literally nonsense, such as a comment recently about a car that was “comfortable as hell”. What are they, a sadist? As my father said, learn a bigger vocabulary. Even “As comfortable as a hug and kiss in public from my aunt Bertha” makes more sense than “as […]