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PHall | February 27, 2010
How easy is it to mock the sins of ancient societies as irrelevant to our age or level of spirituality? How easy is it to blame their silly superstitions as simple ignorance? But if we do, are we any better than those self-enlightened ones who disdain theism or religion as irrelevant and unsophisticated? Doesn’t our […]
PHall | February 26, 2010
The “Christian” religious world is divided. The “Christian” religious world is united. No, that is not a contradiction, but rather a contradistinction. There is no denying that churches across the spiritual spectrum disagree on a host of important, indispensable and defining issues; yet if we truly want to fulfill Jesus’ prayer of unity (John 17), […]
PHall | February 24, 2010
This article will be controversial. Ironically, if you do not like controversy, you will like this article. Have I got your attention? This article will be about the controversial subject of being controversial, and how wrong it is to be controversial! Unless of course it is right to be controversial! Confused? To begin, we must […]
PHall | January 28, 2010
How do we determine whether or not a doctrine is true or false? We often resort to one sure way, but I would like to suggest others, and invite you to enlarge the list or correct what I suggest. Here are four ways to determine true or false doctrine: 1. The Source – Sound Words […]
PHall | January 8, 2010
When arguing against the necessity of baptism, people classify it as equal to circumcision and then cite: Romans 2:25-29 NASB For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. (26) So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of […]
PHall | December 7, 2009
Anyone familiar with the English language knows what a mixed up language it is. The reason is both historical and linguistic. Historically we are a nation built upon immigration. Linguisticly American-English absorbed and continues to absorb words from a variety of languages, melting them into an American alphabet soup. American-English is not a pure […]
PHall | October 13, 2009
Ironically and sadly, this verse, which is part of the very first explanation of God’s grace to all mankind after Jesus’ ascension, is also one of theologies greatest debated texts. Why? One way to answer that question would be because of prejudicial thinking. That leads to another way of answering that question – because of […]
PHall | October 13, 2009
If you witnessed a baptism and heard the preacher say, “I now baptize you in the name of Jesus,” would that be a scriptural baptism? When you were baptized, were you baptized in the name of Jesus? If so, why? If not, why not? The part of Acts 2:38 we are focusing on this time […]
PHall | October 13, 2009
2:38 Repent [2nd person, plural], and let each of you [3rd person, singular] be baptized…for the forgiveness of your sins Those arguing against the necessity of baptism note that in the Greek, there is a change of number from plural (repent) to singular (let each of you be baptized) and from second person to third […]
PHall | October 12, 2009
Prison – not a pleasant subject, but nevertheless still a former or current reality for some believers. Others – never imprisoned – should have been, but escaped their proper penalty due to either God’s gracious attention or man’s negligent inattention. Most, if not all, of us are nevertheless in prison – and that is the […]