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PHall | May 21, 2022
Each week, a group gathers online to discuss the Challenges in Evangelism. Last session involved a good number of contributors speaking of men and women who influenced, instructed, and spurred them on in spreading the word. Many of the men mentioned also were part of my circle from my 30’s on up. While they spoke, […]
PHall | September 2, 2021
Failure to Build (a little longer than usual) “You can destroy as much by failing to build as by actively wrecking” (Rod Dreher, Live Not By Lies). While this quote is describing the rise of totalitarianism within nations, I found it intriguingly applicable to churches. As for wrecking within, historically churches die from: 1. Being […]
PHall | September 2, 2021
How to Evangelize The simplest, clearest, verse on how to evangelize is…. I’ve changed my mind over the years. No longer do I think “personal work” classes are necessary to teach how to evangelize. I’ll teach them, but the reality is every Christian should already know how. That’s because every Christian just needs to tell […]
PHall | April 29, 2020
PHall | February 27, 2019
Throughout Acts there is an emphasis on speech. Why? If you look up kerusso in a Greek dictionary, to get the fuller meaning you have to go to an English dictionary on history. Properly, the Greek word means, 2784 kērýssō – properly, to herald (proclaim); to preach (announce) a message publicly and with conviction (persuasion). […]
PHall | October 6, 2016
After Jesus’ baptism and wilderness fight, Jesus goes to several synagogues preaching the gospel of God and casting out demons. These “houses of God” are not the only tactical settings for Jesus’ invasion into Caesar’s and Satan’s territory. Mark 1:29ff – Jesus had called Andrew and Simon and is now in their home. Apparently these […]
PHall | October 6, 2016
People ask if a congregation is “sound.” Maybe learning about “sound” synagogues might help. In Mark 1:21 Jesus went to the synagogue and started teaching. The congregants were amazed because He taught as one having authority (1:22). A demon-possessed man interrupted their service and Jesus threw out the demon in the man (1:27). Mark 1:39 […]
PHall | June 30, 2016
Levels of Acceptance – Years ago I read a study on the three levels of accepting truth: Intellectual, Personal, Universal. When a sinner studies baptism and accepts the truth, the first stage is intellectual. Unfortunately we all have seen sinners stop there. They know baptism is when we accept God’s grace, but they will not […]
PHall | January 16, 2016
The gospel progresses in Acts in succession to Jews (Hebraic, Hellenistic, Proselytes), Samaritans, and finally to Gentiles (Acts 1:8). This is more than just geographic advances; this shows an advance spiritually with whom they were willing to fellowship in Christ – those far off (Acts 2:39-40). From the comfortable and religiously righteous (Hebraic Jews); to […]
PHall | November 3, 2011
I just finished reading an article on church growth. Nothing unscriptural in this particular article although it focuses on generic themes. However, the first paragraph hooked me – as is fitting in good writing. What hooked me is not the last sentence showing success. So I will include only the first two sentences. “I started […]