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PHall | September 15, 2009
Restoring the Kingdom Acts 1:6 – So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” What was in the mind of the apostles when they asked this question? Did they have political and personal ambitions? Were they […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Mark 14:3-9 NASB (6) While He [i.e., Jesus] was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head. (4) But some were indignantly remarking […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Have you ever let your mind…now what was I thinking? Oh yea, have you ever let your mind…is that a mosquito on the wall? Oh never mind…now what were we talking about? Oh yea, our minds drifting off. Concentration is easier for some than for others. If we have ADD or ADHD, our minds tend […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
This is not a happy article. There will be no laughing on your part, or puns on mine. If there are any smiles, they most likely will be paradoxical smiles of sad recognition. This is an article about a real life situation that is both sad and ironic. Sad and ironic are two words that […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Singing not merely about God, but to Him is deeply moving; we can also teach others about God through our singing. We can teach about God, but also about ourselves. God ordained joy to be spread through our vocalizing the Christian life in song. I once knew a Christian that did not think you could […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
We should all want to move our singing beyond the boundaries that stagnation can restrict it. Beyond the corridors of our throats and lips. Beyond the sound produced that is pleasing to the human ear. Beyond four part harmony. God has ordained an important role for our singing. Sometimes the church has made it something […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
“On Purpose!” We can’t live “On Purpose!” if we don’t know what it is! So…what is our purpose? Or, more accurately, what are our purposes—plural. Yes, our ultimate goal is to reach heaven, but how do we reach heaven? What is our goal here on earth? What is our God-purposed potential? How do we reach […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
I do not like reading the Bible. That doesn’t sound right coming from a preacher, does it? So let me rephrase that – I do not like reading the Bible as I should read it – up close and personal. It is much easier focusing on others instead of myself. For example, reading Matthew 23. […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Not quite a hypocrite. Eighteen times that word is found: All in the NT; 15 times in Matthew; 3 in Luke; only used by Jesus. Such an easy word to throw around, to accuse others of being…and yet I wonder if those we call hypocrites actually are. First, a hypocrite is someone who pretends to […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
A Happy Ending Triumphantly, Jesus enters Jerusalem. Fulfilling prophecy, the Christ rides a colt both humbly and royally. Friends spread their garments before their King as a symbol of submission (2 Kings 9:13). Palm branches spread out symbolizing victory (Suetonius, Caligula, 32). No wonder this is called “The Triumphant Entry.” No wonder, too, this is […]