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PHall | March 18, 2024
Men Protecting Is Not Toxic Masculinity Men need to protect to feel like Men. It is a positive masculine trait to protect women and children. Protecting is not “toxic masculinity”. What was Adam’s first failing? What if the first sin was not Eve eating the fruit (Gen.3:6)? What if the first violation didn’t begin with […]
PHall | January 6, 2023
If you have a phone, email address, watch TV, or have any contact with anyone (that covers everyone), you have had experiences with scam artists. Churches are constantly being barraged because people expect good will if not straight up naivety from tender hearted people. TV evangelists work the same angle from the opposite direction. No […]
PHall | May 17, 2022
PHall | November 21, 2018
You never know where a conversation will go. Sitting in the doctor’s waiting room, I saw an old man shivering. I asked, “Are you cold?” He responded, “Yes, I’ve been a Colts fan all my life.” I didn’t correct him. But somehow that led to, “Can I ask you a question? How does a grown […]
PHall | November 5, 2018
Every godly parent wants their children to imitate their faith, as Paul said the Corinthians should his (1 Corinthians 11:1). Parental fear involves our children walking away. Since Proverbs 22:6 is a proverb, not a promise; how do we help our children have their own faithful walk with God? 1. Authenticity in how we act. […]
PHall | September 29, 2018
There is a parenting technique called “natural consequences.” Basically you allow your child to suffer what naturally follows bad decisions, instead of bailing them out, or giving an unrelated punishment. This is seen in the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15). I thought of that when reading Jeremiah 8. Here God applies a posthumous […]
PHall | October 22, 2016
There is “The World’s Culture” and then there is “Your Family Culture.” Two examples of this are found in our children. When our daughters were young, many of their friend’s parents were divorcing. It was getting so bad Janet and I sat them down and comforted them saying, “We will never divorce.” Our youngest daughter, […]
PHall | October 11, 2016
Be the type of husband you would want as a wife. Be the type of wife you would want as a husband. Be the type of parent you would want as a child. Be the type of child you would want as a parent.
PHall | November 17, 2015
Parent: “You should have said, “Yes mam,” and did what your mother said. Child: “You mean whatever my mother asks me to do I should say ‘Yes mam,’ and do it?” Parent: “Yes.” Child (sarcastically): “So if she says I should jump off a cliff….” There have been many ways in which adults bemoan that […]
PHall | June 21, 2014
Parenting Method – Been trying something with our teenagers which I think is helpful to them and therefore us. When in trouble, we take them through the process as if they were the parent, examining the evidence, so they can see the situation not from their defensive point of view but from a parent’s, from […]