Author: Dr. Kevin A. Hall

A Doctrine & Theology Reflection | The Way Bible Series A Simple Question, a Deep Divide For many Christians, baptism is a moment of public confession and sacred joy. Yet within the global church, the words spoken over the baptismal waters have become a line of demarcation. The question: When Jesus said in Matthew 28:18–20 to baptize “in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,” was He prescribing a formula of divine titles? Or, as Acts 2:38 records, does the baptism “in the name of Jesus Christ” represent the true apostolic pattern? This is not…

A Theological Reflection on Unity and Division within Pentecostalism Background and Context “Between Fire and Water” captures the historical effort to reconcile theological differences between Trinitarian and Oneness Pentecostals. This six-year dialogue (2002–2007), conducted under the auspices of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS) and published in Pneuma (Vol. 30, 2008), brought leading scholars together to discuss the Godhead, baptism, and salvation. Participants included Frank D. Macchia (Assemblies of God) and David K. Bernard (United Pentecostal Church International), along with Kimberly Alexander, Edmund Rybarczyk, Bishop James Johnson, and others. The Roots of Division (1916) The Pentecostal movement fractured in 1916…

A Doctrine & Theology Reflection | The Way Bible Series The Call to Be Born of Water and Spirit Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus (John 3:1–8, NASB) lies at the heart of the Christian doctrine of baptism. In this passage, Jesus declares that entrance into the Kingdom requires birth “of water and Spirit.” This twofold birth establishes both the external sign of obedience and the internal transformation of regeneration. To be ‘born again’ is to participate in the divine life, to enter “The Way” — not merely through belief but through obedient participation in Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Biblical Foundations…

A Doctrine & Theology Reflection | The Way Bible Series From the Fall to the Promise When Adam fell, humanity was severed from fellowship with God. Yet, God’s response was not abandonment but a redemptive plan. “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise Him on the heel.” (Genesis 3:15, NASB). This early promise of a coming Redeemer threads through Scripture — the protoevangelium, the ‘first gospel.’ The sin that entered through one man would be defeated through another —…

A Doctrine & Theology Reflection | The Way Bible Series The Wonder of the Incarnation The centerpiece of Christian theology is not merely the existence of God, but His revelation in the Person of Jesus Christ.In Christ, the eternal Word became flesh — deity clothed in humanity. “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.”— John 1:14 (NASB) This doctrine asserts that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, two complete natures united in one Person, without confusion, division,…

A Doctrine & Theology Reflection | The Way Bible Series The Mystery of the Threeness of God The doctrine of the Trinity — or the Threeness of God — stands at the center of Christian belief. It declares that the one true God exists eternally in three distinct Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is not a contradiction but a mystery of divine revelation — one God, yet three who are equally divine. “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!” (Deuteronomy 6:4, NASB)“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in…

A Doctrine & Theology Reflection | The Way Bible Series The Origin of Angels Before humanity’s creation, God formed a realm of spiritual beings — angels — to serve His divine purposes. Scripture points to their presence long before Eden (Job 38:4, 7). They rejoiced at creation’s dawn, as ‘the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy.’ Angels were created directly by God, not through procreation, existing as part of the ‘invisible creation’ (Colossians 1:16). Millard Erickson notes: ‘Angels are spiritual beings created by God to serve Him and act as His messengers and…

A Doctrine & Theology Feature | The Way Bible Blog Understanding Fallen Angels Fallen angels are spiritual beings originally created by God to serve Him, but who joined Lucifer in his rebellion (Revelation 12:7–9). Scripture calls them ‘angels who did not keep their own domain’ (Jude 1:6, NASB). They were not created evil — their fall was a willful choice to oppose God’s authority. “For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment…” — 2 Peter 2:4 (NASB) Jack Cottrell (2002) notes that the…

A Doctrine & Theology Feature | The Way Bible Blog The Angel Before the Fall Before there was sin on earth, there was rebellion in heaven. Scripture reveals that evil did not originate in God but in one of His created beings — Lucifer, the “shining one,” often associated with the anointed cherub described in Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14. “You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty… You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created until unrighteousness was found in you.” — Ezekiel 28:12, 15 (NASB) Lucifer’s fall was not…

A Doctrine & Theology Feature | The Way Bible Blog The Firstborn of the Fallen The tragedy of Cain in Genesis 4:1–16 is the first recorded story of sin’s spread beyond Eden’s gate. It is the story of how the Fall, which began as rebellion against God, quickly became rebellion against one another.Cain, the firstborn of Adam and Eve, was a product of hope — his name sounds like the Hebrew word for “acquired.” Eve said, “I have acquired a man with the help of the LORD” (Genesis 4:1). But hope soon turned to heartbreak. “In the course of time…