Romans 1:45; 16:26 – Faith and Obedience Versus Works
PHall | January 23, 2012
Perryism – Obedience to God cannot be overemphasized, but it can be wrongly emphasized by man.
Jeremiah 7:12-15 – A God Willing to Suffer Blasphemy
PHall | August 7, 2011
Search the Biblical history of the Jews and you discover that they believed without rationale, a self-told lie. This lie gave them false security despite it warping the character of God. Their lie turned God into a selfish, self-centered egomaniac. They persuaded themselves that God would not, could not,
Luke 2:19-14 – Not About Me
PHall | July 9, 2011
Me, me, me…I can easily get interested in something if it is about me. The interest can soar or sour depending upon what is said…gossip hurts…praise feels good. If we are in a room and all of a sudden our name is mentioned…oh so softly…in a corner…we can hear it clear across the room. I [...]
Matthew 1:23 – The Incarnation and Ethics
PHall | April 22, 2011
How do we decide right and wrong? There are precepts and principles, but sometimes a picture is worth a thousand laws. I would like to suggest to you an image, a picture, but one set in time and reality, that can be used to help us see the meaning of ethics and morality – the [...]
Psalms – From Pain to Praise
PHall | April 9, 2011
The book of Psalms is to be experienced, even felt, as our emotions overtake our minds, before we take it apart to study. Even taking it apart is a different experience than found in most books, because the book of Psalms is actually five different books (1-41; 42-72; 73-89; 90-106; 107-150), none of which have [...]
Romans 12:21 – Reacting to the Tucson Tragedy
PHall | January 13, 2011
Evil cannot be defeated if we deny its very existence. Evil cannot be extinguished by another evil for then it still exists, just in a different form. There is only one solution, one weapon powerful enough, and that is Divine goodness. But evil is devious, being of the devil, and confuses those who are good [...]
Perryism – 1 Timothy 1:15 – Radical Religion
PHall | September 1, 2010
The greatest religious radical was the greatest law keeper who saves the greatest lawbreakers if they obey the great gospel of grace (Acts 20:24; Romans 10:16; 1 Timothy 1:15). How radical is that?! How great is that?!
Romans 12:3-5 – Conceit
PHall | August 31, 2010
I wonder if it is possible to think more highly of ourselves than we ought without also thinking more lowly of others? I wonder which comes first? Thinking worse of others or thinking better of ourselves? There is a cause and effect relationship, what is the cause of our thinking? I wonder if we realize [...]
Romans 7:14-25 – Dangerous Motivations for Studying
PHall | August 29, 2010
It is dangerous, even if necessary, to study a text because of the use or misuse of that text by others. The result is that instead of reacting to the text itself, we react to a person’s use or misuse of that text. That puts a person in between us and the text. That can [...]
John 11 – The Death of a Loved One – The Opportunities of Pain (Sermon)
PHall | April 18, 2010
The below account is courtesy of Robert Turner: This story came right out of the heart of my native Kentucky, and I may have scooped Joe Creason with it. A well-known preacher of the past generation was hurriedly called to preach the funeral of one of two brothers. He had known the two men well [...]
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