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PHall | September 11, 2012
Churches should be like #1 – Faces: exactly the same; yet completely different. Churches should be like #2 – Fires: always changing; yet always the same. Churches should be like #3 – Hospitals: always for the sick, yet always to get well. Churches should be like #4 – Families: always related, yet not always able […]
PHall | September 11, 2012
Being emotionally rejected brings the temptation of accepting nothingness from fear of everything, including being hurt again by others. Nothingness leads to accepting loneliness when the Creator said it is not good to be alone (Gen 2.18). Hurt tempts us to accept existing outside of relationships, instead of living freely and intimately. Our souls become […]
PHall | September 11, 2012
Being wronged does not always involve being literally betrayed, as was Joseph; but some sins do inflict the emotional pain of treachery, disloyalty, and treachery. The sin brings a breach (Is 59.2) in the relationship. Therefore, another temptation is to not heal the relationship, to simply cut them off. This is also similar to the […]
PHall | September 11, 2012
Each day I mourn all my deathly sins. Today I mourn deaths caused from false religion. Today I mourn Bin Laden had to be assassinated for his crimes. For eternity God mourns Bin Laden has to be damned for sins. Today I mourn my sins are equal to Bin Laden’s. Blessed are those who mourn, […]
PHall | September 10, 2012
PHall | September 10, 2012
Second, being inflicted suggests another temptation related to the one above, which is the weakness or stubbornness to not put in the work necessary to restore the relationship. We might try, and then give up. Someone said, time heals all wounds, but that is not true unless there is work and forgiveness. Forgiveness is a […]
PHall | September 9, 2012
First, being sinned against requires being forgiving (Mt 6.14-15). If “to err is human, to forgive, divine” (Alexander Pope); then the temptation to not forgive is not divine but demonic. The temptation to hold on to hurt is the same as with most every sin and betrayal. Bitterness becomes a daily pill. Anguish is our […]
PHall | September 8, 2012
“True” Christianity – and it is a shame I have to qualify it, but James qualified “pure and undefiled religion” (James 1:27) – “true” Christianity is the answer. The questions are more numerous than the single answer. Two of those questions are, “How to bring about social justice?” and “How to bring about economic justice?” […]
PHall | September 8, 2012