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PHall | January 27, 2018
I just watched a dramatization of Jesus’s crucifixion. It finally dawned on me (forgive me for I am slow) how it exemplifies the exact opposite of the 1st and 2nd Great Commands (Mt.22:36-40): 1) Love God with all your heart, soul, mind; 2) Love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus died for our sins. Therefore the […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
A certain topic has been on my mind lately. Only two things make life worthwhile. A long list of what those two things are not could fill the book of Ecclesiastes. What are those 2 worthwhile events? My mind keeps cataloguing specifics that fall under the first and second Great Commands (Mt.22). These 2 life […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
“All authority has been given to me,” said Jesus before his ascension (Matthew 28:18). And yet…, Choose the church of your choice. Choose whether you want to be immersed, or have water sprinkled or poured over you. Choose how you want to worship as long as you are sincere in heart. Choose to ignore the […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
According to the scriptures, Jesus was crucified around 9:00 AM (“the third hour”; Mark 15:24-25); and died six hours later around 3:00 PM (“the ninth hour”; Matthew 27:45-46). While there are many coincidences in the Bible, there are also many providential, and type and anti-type acts. Which is this? For six hours Jesus worked on […]
PHall | December 5, 2017
One of my favorite parts of the story of Jesus’s birth is very personal. It is about a parent who adopted a child who was not biologically theirs. May the world know more “Joseph’s” – the other father of Jesus.
PHall | June 23, 2017
There is a woman who interrupts another story. This “interruption” is real in the sense of historically accurate; but it is also symbolic (at least to me). Sometimes interruptions are annoying, and other times life-changing. Jesus is approached by a leader in the synagogue; an important man. She is not important, at least as viewed […]
PHall | February 14, 2017
Everyone knows the Second Great Command as listed by Jesus and lifted from Leviticus; but do we know how to love others as ourselves? Pragmatically, a Jewish Rabbi focused on “as yourselves”: “Just as we love ourselves despite the faults we know we have, so should we love our neighbors despite the faults we see […]
PHall | December 7, 2016
Considering we are grandparents awaiting the birth of our grandchildren, with a touch of melancholy I asked Janet, “How did we get to be this old?” She wisely responded, “One day at a time.” In reality, that is the answer for every “endgame” whether positive or negative. How our marriages will look in 10 years […]
PHall | December 7, 2016
Thanksgiving is not a time of merriment for all. Some are separated from loved-ones, whether from military service or serving time for regretted mistakes. Others have lost loved-ones, and memories today will be bittersweet. Some have lost loved-ones in a different way, and no longer feel welcomed or aren’t welcomed. Children in foster care will […]
PHall | December 7, 2016
As Christmas is upon us many celebrate the birth of Jesus. If we do let’s check the scriptures to make sure what we are saying happened in the songs, happened in the original story. And let us worship Jesus in those songs the way scripture teaches us to sing as worship. Anything else is teaching […]