PHall | September 15, 2009
It’s Not About Me Boring, boring, boring. Reading the Bible and getting bored is not a good sign. But if I mentioned my boredom came while reading genealogies, you probably would think, “Oh that explains it. Me too!” Why are Biblical genealogies boring? Name after name after name after name after…well you get the picture. […]
Category: Matthew |
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PHall | September 15, 2009
Should I call this concept “Free Slavery” or “Enslaved Freedom?” The oxymoronic aspect is immediately obvious. Sadly, what it describes is not so obvious, nor so immediate. The text which describes this uneasy alignment is found in 2 Peter 2:18-20 HCSB For uttering bombastic, empty words, they seduce, by fleshly desires and debauchery, people who […]
Category: II Peter |
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PHall | September 15, 2009
You are what you eat, so they say. That must be true because I love doughnuts and I am soooo sweeeet! Of course, some may argue that like a doughnut I have a hole in the middle of head too! But seriously, we are what we worship. The following axiom has the power to challenge […]
Category: I Peter, II Kings |
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PHall | September 15, 2009
The Way You Drive What does our driving style say about us, and more importantly, about our relationship with Jesus? Are we slow, fast, cautious, dangerous, courteous, or rude? Do we obey the speed limits or just coast through stop signs? What would we think if someone could see a car coming down the road, […]
Category: II Kings |
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PHall | September 15, 2009
Following the Crowd (2 Chron.24) “Following the crowd”…not a good idea…usually…if following the crowd is contrary to one’s spiritual health. “Following the crowd”…something some people just can’t seem to avoid. So what can they do? “Personality Type” books such as “The Enneagram” lists 9 distinct personalities. In the Enneagram, Type Three is often known as […]
Category: II Chronicles |
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PHall | September 15, 2009
A Wasted Life How would you describe a wasted life? Could you succinctly say it in a few words on a tombstone? If you could sum up your epitaph, what would it be? If people etched on our tombstone what they said about us while we were alive, what would be engraved in stone for […]
Category: II Chronicles |
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PHall | September 15, 2009
A Good Parent’s Bad Influence Warning! Our children might not be as strong spiritually as we are! Frighteningly and sadly we can be naïve about their spiritual weakness. Therefore we need to watch so that we don’t cause them to stumble over something we can easily step over. Just because we are tough enough does […]
Category: II Chronicles |
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PHall | September 15, 2009
Jesus is Coming Back Today Yes, you read that right. No, I am not making a foolish prediction. In fact, I am stating an absolute fact. History is filled with false predictions. “When is Jesus coming back?” If there is an event more speculated about that the Second Coming, I do not know what it […]
Category: I Thessalonians |
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PHall | September 15, 2009
Random Integrity Random integrity. I support any who uphold random integrity. In fact, I myself try to practice random integrity. The essence of integrity is randomness. True integrity requires it being practiced randomly. Confused? Good! That means you are thinking! Do you think I am advocating on-again, off-again, righteousness? Exactly the opposite. So what am […]
Category: I Kings |
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PHall | September 15, 2009
As we get older, our eyes play tricks on us. We think we see what we see, but what we see is not what we see, we see what we don’t see. Did you eyes play tricks on you in reading that? Sometimes it’s not age related, for whatever inexplicable reason we just don’t see […]
Category: I Kings |
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