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PHall | November 13, 2012
It is so easy to tell when someone has no real argument, it’s when they become argumentative. An example of this is Acts 24.5 where Tertullus calls Paul a pest (NASB) or plague (HCSB). So when you get insulted, just smile and be silent, because they just showed they have no real answers. And while […]
PHall | November 12, 2012
Psalms 119:18 (HCSB) (18) Open my eyes so that I may contemplate wonderful things from Your instruction.
PHall | November 11, 2012
Christianity Then and Now: from fasting to feasting; from praying to playing; from saving souls to saving accounts; from building better people to building better buildings; from sanctification to sanctimonious; from serving to severing; from confessors to gossipers; from dying to this life to living for this life; from The Way to our way; from […]
PHall | November 11, 2012
Churchianity #1 – When we preach more about the church of Christ than about the Christ of the church. Churchianity #2 – When we speak of being “raised in the church” instead of being raised in the Lord. Churchianity #3 – When we think public sin “brings reproach upon the church” instead of reproach upon […]
PHall | November 11, 2012
Armistice Day (11-11 at 11:00 AM) 1918, is the beginning of WWII. Punishing Germany for WWI led to crippling reparations leading to the rise of Fascism ending in WWII where Germany punishes her enemies. After defeating the Axis Powers in WWII, America learned to rebuild our enemies instead of punishing. The power of forgiveness leads […]
PHall | November 11, 2012
Matthew 22:37-40 (HCSB) (37) He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. (38) This is the greatest and most important command. (39) The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. (40) All the Law and the Prophets depend on […]
PHall | November 10, 2012
One study method that is helpful is to list both strengths and weaknesses of your position. Here are the weaknesses of mine: 1) most resources disagree with me; 2) it easily can be understood as eating a common meal. Those two have to make me pause and I try to be honest with myself and […]
PHall | November 10, 2012
PHall | November 10, 2012
2 Corinthians 12:9 (HCSB) (9) But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.
PHall | November 8, 2012
A – (6) Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us. B – (7) For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, C – […]