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PHall | April 30, 2014
5 lessons from Philippians 3:16 – 1) You can know truth; 2) You won’t know all truth; 3) You and others might be at different levels of knowledge truth; 4) Fellowship exists among those with different levels of knowledge; 5) You have have a responsibility to live what you know is true – Philippians 3:16 […]
PHall | November 5, 2013
Practicing the ABC’s of Churchianity is in order: Attendance, Believe right on the issues, and Christlikeness. Christianity is practicing the CBA’s. Christlikness leads to Believing right which leads to Attendance to praise and encourage.
PHall | October 3, 2013
We emphasize how “unworthy” (Lk.7:6) we are but forget we are worthy, worth something, valued, to be respected, by God and how we act – walk worthy of the gospel (Eph.4:1; Phil.1:27; Col.1:10; 1 Thess.2:12; 2 Thess.1:5,11). God called you to be what you were not and counts you what you cannot be. Because you […]
PHall | September 13, 2013
Paul’s inspired epistles often begin by describing Jesus and the gospel and end with practical applications. Today we usually go about it backwards. We first tell how to have harmony in a church or family, when people are not spiritually equipped. Instead, first tell them Who Jesus is, what He did, so we can become […]
PHall | March 7, 2013
Explanation – “God” as in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, work together in harmony although each possesses any and all qualities of “Godhead.” This is seen throughout the gospels, most elegantly in the virgin birth (Lk 1). We are called to imitate this fellowship as seen in Philippians 2 where Jesus did not and […]
PHall | September 11, 2010
It is harder to respect those with whom we disagree because of the too high degree of respect we have for ourselves.
PHall | April 15, 2010
Philippians 1:15-17 NASB (15) Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will; (16) the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel; (17) the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, […]
PHall | January 2, 2010
My ancestors were slaves. Taken from their home country, they were delivered to their new master. Their children became slaves, and their children’s children became slaves. I am white. No, the few words above are not about white slavery, or black slavery, or any other kind of racial or nationalistic slavery. The few words above […]
PHall | November 11, 2009
If you have ever been to Disneyland, Disney World, or just about any amusement park, you might find some amusement in these observations. An author once wrote, “Life is tough…it’s no Disneyland.” The author is correct in assessing “life is tough.” And yet from my “back-door perspective,” may I suggest life is very much like […]
PHall | October 12, 2009
After discussing this topic with another preacher, he wrote to me—“You have stated some things that I have never heard before from a preacher for the Lord’s church.” Wow! That’s sad! Why? Hopefully my conclusions are Biblically derived, and are not erroneously inferred from modern-day settings. What I considered scriptural, he had never […]