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PHall | June 27, 2026
BUT I HAVE TO WORK ON SUNDAY (Matthew 6:24-34) “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. BUT I HAVE TO WORK ON SUNDAY. “For this reason I say […]
PHall | June 27, 2026
Give Us This Day Our Daily Portion? I can’t imagine a Thanksgiving meal where we barely had enough to eat. The turkey comes to the table stuffed, and we leave the table stuffed! Many have echoed that definition of gluttony is one bite more than we have eaten. Despite the humor, let’s talk about a […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
We Are Not the King Read again the parable of the unrighteous servant in Matthew 18. If we think it is about how we should forgive because God forgives us, we missed Jesus’s point. Read it again and focus on the rights of the king that we do not have, such as insisting on being […]
PHall | May 13, 2025
Two Throne Room Scenes Matthew shares in his gospel two unorthodox “throne room” scenes. Both involving an identity question, Jews, Gentiles, bowing, and three “gifts”. The first scene is Matthew 2. 1. The question asked is, “Where’s is he who is born king of the Jews? 2. The Jews were the chief priests and scribes. […]
PHall | May 13, 2025
God’s Promises, Presence, and Shoes? There is very little more down to earth, than shoes. Literally, because shoes are literally down on the earth! The three promises made to Abraham are connected by shoes! After telling Abraham to “go” (literally, “walk”) God makes three promises: land, nation, and seed: Land – Genesis 12:1 “To the […]
PHall | March 14, 2025
Who Am I? One study method I enjoy is “Who Am I?”. The first part is where I give facts which leads others to figure out the answer based upon those facts. The more facts given, the more specific the answer. For example, “Who Am I?” 1. Given a land. 2. The given land was […]
PHall | December 19, 2024
Hell Is Not Our Home Hell can never be home for lost people because it was created for Satan and his angels (Matthew 25:41), not for us. When a person is saved, they get to go home to be with God since God created us to be together with Him – we dwell with God […]
PHall | March 18, 2024
A New Bible Manuscript: Americanicus Recently a new manuscript has been discovered which can be added to the Sinaiticus and Vanticanus. It reads very much the same but does have a few major differences: Matthew 18:7 – Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
What is the Baptism of Fire (Matthew 3)? A1 – JOHN’S BAPTISM FOR SINS: 5) At that time Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the region around the Jordan; 6) and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins. B1 – WARNING – […]
PHall | September 6, 2023
The Beatitudes Backwards and Forwards Being persecuted for the sake of righteousness (Matthew5:10-12) will make you pursue peace ‐ but which kind? 1. Peace from the persecutors? Becoming weary can do this. 2. Peace from Jesus who likewise was persecuted? Becoming more like Jesus ends our emotional weariness and gives us strength. But only when […]