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PHall | September 19, 2024
Is there only one way to God? Contrary to popular thought, and recent comments made by the head of the Catholic Church, Jesus is the only way. But do we understand deeply what that means? Jesus is called the Way (John 14:6) and Jesus’s followers were so identified with their Lord that, what we call […]
PHall | September 17, 2024
ACTION #1 – Follow up on problems quickly by not ignoring or hiding from them (Acts 15:1-6). REASON – This keeps smaller problems from becoming bigger, and bigger problems from becoming insurmountable. ACTION #2 – Allow the leaders to lead (Acts 15:6). REASON – Leaders need followers or else they are figureheads who become the […]
PHall | September 17, 2024
How do we keep our children from leaving faithful churches to go to those not following the faith? How do we help our children follow after faithful saints regardless of age, instead of leaving to follow after their friends? This is an anecdotal tale. From 6th grade to 12th grade, I worshiped with a small […]
PHall | September 17, 2024
Meditate on this thought: “What I believe about God’s word is more important than how people treat me”. Many people will leave churches where they are mistreated, and start worshiping with a church that is friendly and yet practices and teaches things contrary to what they believe. Whether they want to admit it, how they […]
PHall | September 17, 2024
Open your Bibles to Acts 20:7 and you will see that the church gathered to break bread on “the first day of the sabbaths”. Go on to 1 Corinthians 16:2, and we again read how Paul gave instructions about the collection for the poor saints on, “every first day of the sabbaths”. They church gathered […]
PHall | September 17, 2024
1. Thou shalt put God first on your calendar unless something fun comes up. 2. Thou shalt not allow images to replace God unless it is a husband, wife, child, boyfriend or girlfriend. 3. Thou shalt not take my name in vain unless you use text talk like OMG because that is LOL. 4. Thou […]
PHall | September 17, 2024
Four phrases that often reveal the subtle ways Satan tempts us: 1. “Show me in the Bible where it says I have to!” • Is this Satan tempting us to live to the bare minimum of what is right? • Is this Satan tempting us to be justified by law and not faith? 2. “Show […]
PHall | September 17, 2024
Genesis 3:15 is not the first mention of “seed” in Genesis. Notice this pattern: 1:11 – “seed according to its kinds” 1:12 – “seed according to its kinds” When we get to Genesis 3:15 notice this pattern continues: 3:15 – “I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her […]
PHall | September 4, 2024
Temptation is often divided into three parts: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, pride of life.(1 John 2:16). This is a proper way of viewing temptation. This is proper, but it is limited because it applies to us tempting ourselves: OUR flesh, OUR eyes, OUR pride. Temptation also involves how we view God. […]