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PHall | December 5, 2018
I get depressed and down too easily sometimes, (not that many care – see I told you “too easily”). I don’t thrive on people’s approval of me and my work because I too easily upset others unknowingly. In prayer I will rephrase and personalize 1 Corinthians 4:3-4 – “All Seeing Judge, Help it to be […]
PHall | December 4, 2018
TODAY’S PRAYER – “I always thank my God for you because of God’s grace given to you in Christ Jesus” (1 Corinthians 1:4). There are people, brothers and sisters in Christ, we thank God for because of what they mean to us. Maybe they are mentors, or spiritual parents, helped us financially, taught us something, […]
PHall | November 24, 2018
For something so simple and plain, there is depth beyond human creativity. 1. Incarnation – The bread (body) and fruit of the vine (blood) show the frailty of the human body which encased the divine spirit of Jesus. 2. Resurrection – Sunday is more than convenient, it reinforces the day Jesus rose. 3. Unity/Ecclesiology – […]
PHall | September 15, 2018
It should not come as a surprise that different people react differently to the same event. Oftentimes there is no right or wrong response. Sometimes we should look at others, see their reactions, and conclude we need an attitude adjustment. Here are different reactions to the cross. 1. Stumbling Block (1 Cor.1:23) – Many Jews […]
PHall | September 3, 2018
Unforeseen are the consequences to changing pure doctrine because we aren’t as wise as we think (Ge.3). Let’s see how changing baptism leads to warping the resurrection on the last day (1 Corinthians 15). Jesus’s own death, burial, and resurrection is the ultimate prototype of our death and last day rebirth from the grave. Many […]
PHall | August 29, 2018
While Jesus walked this earth, His Father declared, “This is My Beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased.” Husbands honor their wives by: 1) publically praising them; 2) and showing allegiance as the Father did to His Son. Ever hear a husband talk down to or about his wife in public? Ever see him flirt […]
PHall | August 28, 2018
I get easily distracted. Especially while observing the Lord’s supper. Thankfully the admonishment to not take in an unworthy manner (2 Cor.11:27) is deeper in meaning than ADD. What distracts me? The bread getting caught in the crannies of my teeth. The fruit of the vine tasting bitter; or even like its starting to turn. […]
PHall | June 27, 2018
In a section of Atlanta we are reminded of America’s complicated past. Within a few blocks there are signs in memory of the Confederacy, Martin Luther King, and the Cherokees. The ideal of America has always been more glorious than its reality. This is the same for the church. Ephesians presents a glorious, unblemished, exalted […]
PHall | May 31, 2018
Almost every prophet in the OT pointed out the errors of God’s people. If you don’t believe me, believe Jesus, Stephen (Acts 7), and even the Pharisees who claimed, “If we have lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have taken part with them in shedding the prophets’ blood” (Matthew 23:30). A week […]
PHall | May 21, 2018
Almost every prophet in the OT pointed out the errors of God’s people. If you don’t believe me, believe Jesus, Stephen (Acts 7), and even the Pharisees who claimed, “If we have lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have taken part with them in shedding the prophets’ blood” (Matthew 23:30). A week […]