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PHall | February 22, 2022
How to Unite a Divided Congregation There is more trouble discussed in 1 Corinthians than in any other letter. There is more taught about the Lord’s supper in 1 Corinthians than any other book (chapters 5,10,11). Not surprisingly, they messed that up too. But unexpectedly, is that a clue to unity? Chapter 5 alludes to […]
PHall | December 29, 2021
Why do we share the Lord’s supper on the first day of the week? Many answer, “That’s when we have an example” and cite Acts 20:7. May I suggest that the wrong question is “Why shouldn’t we follow the example of the church in the first century as to when to take the Lord’s supper?” […]
PHall | October 1, 2021
“For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel… (CSB 1 Corinthians 1:17) When people today use this passage to discredit the place and importance of baptism, ironically they make the same mistake as the Corinthians but for a different reason. Paul’s actual defense of baptism shows that the Corinthians had […]
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 | May 6, 2021
While Matthew 28:19 is often recited 28:19 before baptizing, Galatians 3:28 was possibly a Pauline “baptismal statement”. Let’s add the other similar baptism statements by Paul. • Colossians 3:11 – In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all. • 1 […]
PHall | April 10, 2021
The truth is, who speaks the truth matters too much. If we respect or just like the person, that matters too much also when it comes to accepting truth. If we are part of the same religious “tribe”, that matters too much in determining truth. We all have experienced that the WHO matters too much. […]
PHall | March 25, 2021
The truth is, who speaks the truth matters too much. If we respect or just like the person, that matters too much also when it comes to accepting truth. If we are part of the same religious “tribe”, that matters too much in determining truth. We all have experienced that the WHO matters too much. […]
PHall | June 20, 2020
The Devil defeats God. God succumbs to Satan. Both of those absurdities are true if one doctrine is true. In many places, this one doctrine is taught to be false, and in many ways. One such place is the end of a parable where the application is given, meaning the application is not parabolic, but […]
PHall | February 27, 2020
What was the problem in 1 Corinthians? The Corinthian Christians were acting too much like the Corinthians in Corinth. Consider this: every problem in the church is the world in the church instead of the church in the world. The gospel does not fail, but when the gospel is manipulated to match what the world […]