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PHall | August 6, 2010
Kids keep us sane by driving us insane. In them we learn the sanity of world is the insanity of Satan. Maybe that is why the forerunner to Christ was “to turn the hearts of fathers to their children” (Lk.1:17). It is insane to trust like a little child. But my insane love for them […]
PHall | May 9, 2010
A. Husbands love to tell jokes about wives. Of course wives will say that their husbands can think of these jokes because they have more time on their hands! In this lesson, we will be discussing a very busy lady, the woman of Proverbs 31. But our study might diverge from the normal path because […]
PHall | May 7, 2010
Yesterday was not a good day. Exhausted from a gospel meeting the previous week, I slept late that morning. Then working late to make up for the lost time, I didn’t get home until after 8:00 PM. My two daughters had left for a Bible Study and sleep over. Didn’t get to see them all […]
PHall | March 8, 2010
When reading the period of the Judges and Kings, one sad fact overwhelmingly – and even numbingly – is present: the draw of idolatry. How could God’s people, a nation dedicated to monotheism, not only falter and fall into idolatry, but repeatedly falter and fall?
PHall | March 8, 2010
We are living in an age where men are not men. Instead they are grown up boys at best; or at worst, a hybrid asexual being despising true manhood as archaic. Society encourages such a feminization of men. Both the “grown up boy” and the “feminized male” are weak. David told Solomon, “I am going […]
PHall | November 21, 2009
“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” so says Newton’s third law. This law of physics might not perfectly fit into the spiritual realm, but one aspect is certainly true – for every sin there is a reaction. In fact, there are more than we care to know about. Here are three: […]
PHall | November 17, 2009
Sometimes we do not anticipate the impact of a little comment. In my sermon on Sunday I made the point that in my PowerPoint presentation I had written – “Parents, especially father, are to be spiritual leaders.” Trying to “de-wordify” my slide I removed “to be.” Then it dawned on me, and I pointed it […]
PHall | November 13, 2009
From the very best to the very worst; that is, from godly parents to ungodly children. “How does this happen?” This discouraging conundrum is seen several times in the Bible where a very good and godly parent raises a very evil and devilish child. Or as happens more often, how could godly parents have […]
PHall | November 13, 2009
Selfishness, foolishness, pride, harsh words, bad advice, and intimidation. Hurt, schism, retaliation, and separation. What am I describing? Every day those words are more than words with definitions; they are
PHall | November 4, 2009
Paul, a former rabbi educated in Jewish religious and cultural ways was protected and prepared. After his spiritual conversion (or completion, as Messianic Jews speak of it), he instructed others concerning the correlation of both covenants. Somewhere along the way, he learned tent-making (Acts 20:3). Paul had prepared himself. More specifically, Paul had probably been […]