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PHall | September 15, 2009
Strolling through the Biltmore Estate, my wife and I passed through the Azalea Gardens. Stunning! The colors were vibrant and varied. Again…stunning! My favorite azalea was a color unfamiliar to me. I asked my personal color expert – my wife – what that awesome color was. She said…“fuchsia.” Ahh, uhh, I am too masculine to think […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
It’s Not About Me Boring, boring, boring. Reading the Bible and getting bored is not a good sign. But if I mentioned my boredom came while reading genealogies, you probably would think, “Oh that explains it. Me too!” Why are Biblical genealogies boring? Name after name after name after name after…well you get the picture. […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Should I call this concept “Free Slavery” or “Enslaved Freedom?” The oxymoronic aspect is immediately obvious. Sadly, what it describes is not so obvious, nor so immediate. The text which describes this uneasy alignment is found in 2 Peter 2:18-20 HCSB For uttering bombastic, empty words, they seduce, by fleshly desires and debauchery, people who […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
You are what you eat, so they say. That must be true because I love doughnuts and I am soooo sweeeet! Of course, some may argue that like a doughnut I have a hole in the middle of head too! But seriously, we are what we worship. The following axiom has the power to challenge […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Jesus is Coming Back Today Yes, you read that right. No, I am not making a foolish prediction. In fact, I am stating an absolute fact. History is filled with false predictions. “When is Jesus coming back?” If there is an event more speculated about that the Second Coming, I do not know what it […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Growing up, I believed a lot of things I have since discovered were not as factual as I once thought. Growing up I believed: Swallowing gum would stay in your stomach 7 years. Scratching a scab repeatedly would turn it cancerous. Parsley put on plates at restaurants was poisonous. My great grandmother was mute because […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Complaining Body Parts But now there are many members, but one body (1 Cor.12:20). Have you ever noticed that none of the spiritual “body parts” are “The Complainer!” If that is not listed in the Bible as one of God’s gifts to the body, then how come so many believe it their God-given duty to […]