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PHall | June 4, 2021
Watch Out When Helping Others What is the sin the restorer is tempted to commit? • “Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching out for yourselves so that you also won’t be tempted.” (CSB’17 Galatians 6:1) In the past […]
PHall | June 4, 2021
A Prayer Commentary on 1 Thessalonians – I’ve Got Good News and Bad News PRAYER: Oh God, there are those for whom I am concerned, as to their faithfulness to You, and divine love for others. Bring to me the relief of good news about their stand against the Tempter. Through the One who is […]
PHall | June 1, 2021
Confession time. One reason I stopped doing the videos is I became a prisoner of perfection. I spent so much time on one script that it became discouraging and distracting to my other work and studies. As Voltaire said, “the best is the enemy of the good”. Do you think being a prisoner of perfection […]
PHall | June 1, 2021
Luke 3:11 – And he would answer and say to them, “The man who has two tunics [the inner and less necessary undergarment (Robertson)] is to share with him who has none; and he who has food is to do likewise.” Did you notice that repentance here goes in a different direction than, “If you […]
PHall | June 1, 2021
There is a religious philosophy among some called Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. The last point is “good people go to heaven.” As always, the devil (ironically) is in the details. Jesus said no one is “good” (Mark 10:18). By claiming we are basically good and therefore God will save us is a denial of three essential […]
PHall | June 1, 2021
What To Do When Troubled Two of the most beautiful, meaningful, and memorable lists in the Bible are found in the letters to the most troubled congregations – 1 Corinthians and Galatians. Galatians 5 contains the fruit of the Spirit – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, […]