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PHall | April 22, 2022
TEXT: “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing.” (CSB’17 1 Thessalonians 5:11) DEVOTIONAL: Chameleons amaze me with their ability to change color to fit their environment. Turtles are the opposite in that they carry their never changing environment with them in their shells. What turtles and chameleons […]
PHall | April 19, 2022
“Let my people go” is probably the most recognized quote from God through Moses to Pharaoh concerning the great exodus from slavery. In Exodus 9:17, God says to the false king, “You are still acting arrogantly against my people by not letting them go” (CSB). The NASB (2020) phrases it, “Still you exalt yourself against […]
PHall | April 19, 2022
PHall | April 19, 2022
There are many wonderful quotes about kindness and “human kindness” that invite imitation. Is human kindness sufficient? I would invite you to understand how inferior “human kindness” is. I invite you to stop limiting yourself to practicing human kindness. Go higher. Instead, listen to David’s way: 2 Samuel 9:3 – Then the king […]
PHall | April 15, 2022
The first time this Hebrew word is used in the bible surprised me. It wasn’t ever in Genesis although the idea was there. Seeing how this Hebrew word is translated other places also surprised me yet became constructive, such as “spare” and “have compassion”. Often it is used negatively, “do not spare” or “do not […]
PHall | April 14, 2022
I have had discussions with atheists lately who disagreed with a claim I made concerning many atheists. That is, “Atheists have an innate need to believe that God is good.” I called this scenario, “The Irrational, The Unbearable, The Only Real Choice that Satisfies.” I’ve been mocked saying, “Atheists don’t believe in God” followed by […]
PHall | April 13, 2022
1. Preach Pure Gospel (1:7-9) 2. Please God Not People in Preaching (1:10) 3. Profess Certainty of Purpose and Salvation (1:15) 4. Portray The Son in Our Life (1:16) 5. Put Nothing on People God Hasn’t (2:3) 6. Portray Jesus as Crucified (3:1) 7. Put On Christ in Baptism (3:27) 8. Predicted Result (1:24)
PHall | April 11, 2022
A Prayer Commentary – I’m Not In Trouble with God (1 Thessalonians 5:9) TEXT: “For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,” (CSB’17 1 Thessalonians 5:9) DEVOTIONAL: There’s something wrong with parents who enjoy punishing their children to make their life easier. More broadly, some […]
PHall | April 11, 2022
Anathema, Anathema! Paul is as mad at these false teachers as he is in any epistle, maybe and probably more. Why does Paul use such strong language as “anathema” (Galatians 1:8-9) which mean accursed or cursed? It is not an oft used word (Acts 23:14; Romans 9:3; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 16:22; Galatians 1:8-9). Not only […]
PHall | April 6, 2022
A Gospel About Us Is Another Gospel Is there a problem with churches who still teach the same old gospel, but worship in ways that are just more exciting to the physical senses? Please consider this – it is not the same gospel. Americanism has minimized the gospel in many ways, but using the term […]