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PHall | May 27, 2011
The cupboard is not bare, When the food is not fare. “There is nothing to eat,” Means not crunchy or sweet. Manna many disdained, About grace they complained. Take care for Daily bread, It’s enough God has said. A challenge I issue, To me, to all and you. If we have food to share, Contentment is my dare. Or else we […]
PHall | May 25, 2011
Repentance without consequence is what we all want. Repentance without having to reap what we have sown sounds wonderful and looks forward to the future. Yet that is not God’s way. How many more would confess if they knew there would be no consequence? Is the reality of our sin heavier because of the consequences? […]
PHall | May 25, 2011
We messed up. There’s no denying the facts. Plead our case, begging at least for another chance, the answer remains the same – no. Removal and replacement follows. How do we treat our replacement? This is not just a hypothetical question because most if not all of us have been or will be replaced. There […]
PHall | May 25, 2011
Deuteronomy 1.7 Deuteronomy 1:7 NASB ‘Turn and set your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negev and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great […]
PHall | May 23, 2011
After Israel refused to accept God’s gift of Canaan because they were afraid of giants, they wandered for 38 more years. Because of fear they were unwilling to fight for what was theirs. Did you ever notice where God made them wander? Where could have been called, “The Wilderness of What Might Have Been.” Their […]
PHall | May 18, 2011
Crossing the Jordan River, is a metaphor for death and entering the spiritual promised land. This is of course associated with Israel crossing the Jordan River, leaving the wilderness after 40 years, finally inheriting the land. Knowing the metaphor, I found Deuteronomy 4.21-22 ironic. Deuteronomy 4:21-22 HCSB (21) “The LORD was angry with me on your […]
PHall | May 17, 2011
An interesting passage on the image of God is one that states what it is not, not what it is. Because of this, it would be impossible to make an image of the image of God. And although mankind is made in the image of God, male and female are not the image. This passage […]
PHall | May 17, 2011
Do you want to hear something shocking? Every one of us was made by God to have sex. All of us are sexual beings, and that’s not a bad thing. In fact it is not only a good thing, it is a “very good” thing (Gen.1.31). Now you might not consider that shocking, but Christian […]
PHall | May 12, 2011
Why the Churches of Christ Were Right After All 07Mar My great grandfather and great grandmother Campbell were members of the Braxton Church of Christ in Cannon County, Tennessee, and after my great grandfather died and my great grandmother moved her three boys to Texas, she raised them in the South Park Church of Christ […]