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PHall | January 24, 2023
I Don’t Need Counseling There’s a trite saying, “I am too blessed to be stressed”. Some are rightly stressed even to the point of PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Whether wars, family abuse, even church abuse, crime trauma, or societal rejection, many have wrongly suffered and rightly sought help. While listening to […]
PHall | January 21, 2023
A Pew Moments with Perry – Does Including the Spirit Exclude the Water? There are those who conclude water baptism can’t be for today based upon Jesus saying, “John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now” (Acts 1:5). Does Jesus including the Holy Spirit exclude […]
PHall | January 6, 2023
Sacrificial Leadership and the Laying on of Hands The Bible does not make this connection clear through direct declaration, but I do wonder if this is a connection the Bible is implying. What am I talking about? The laying on of hands and all that it signifies. In the OT, Moses laid his hands on […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
1 Timothy 2:11-14 What can structure teach us about this controversial text? 1A – “A woman is to learn quietly • 1B – with full submission. 2A – I do not allow a woman to teach • 2B – or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to remain quiet. 3A – For […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
Inn or Home? No room at the inn? Or no room in the guest house? (Luke 2:7). The latter translation is most likely the correct one. And if so, think how much more of an indictment this is. An inn is a place of business. I’ve been turned away because there were no rooms left. […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
Jesus’s Edenic Birth Luke records Jesus’s birth with two peculiarities: 1) It includes a manger, implying a stable and animals; 2) It includes shepherds being honored by angels announcing Jesus’s birth followed by them visiting. Since nothing included within holy writ is by accident or without purpose, I am forced to ask “Why these details?” […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
The Gospel According to the Thief on the Cross When we look carefully at the text, we will see this repentant man believed much more than we might give him credit for knowing. How do we know what he believed? 1. From the thief’s statements. 2. From the statements of others said in unbelief, but […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
Go Back To Your Galilee The angel sitting on the rock he rolled away from Jesus’s empty tomb had a message for the women to deliver to the apostles: “Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
In Our Relationships, Are We Acting Like a Hound from Hell? Before the demon left the body, it threw the poor, possessed, man into convulsions and then it screamed as it left (Mark 1:26). Why? Is this the pain the man must suffer upon healing? If so, this is contrary to other non-demonic healings and […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
Do We Help People to Have Unbelief? When people are looking for Jesus, and come to us: • Do His people fail them and get in the way? • Do we show how their “kind” is unwelcomed here? • Are we concerned “sinners like them” might harm our congregation’s reputation? • Are we cold toward […]