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PHall | January 4, 2023
Turning the Conversation Using Caramel (In response to the request to post more on turning the conversation towards spiritual things) The coffee maker (At 3 AM they are not baristas!) asked what I wanted. I asked her what she recommended. One offering was a Caramel Macchiato. I told her caramel is one of my favorite […]
PHall | December 21, 2022
An Artful Way of Promising Jesus’s 2nd Coming When the Holy Spirit inspired the writers, He often chose ways that are artful and beautiful. First Thessalonians is filled with the hope of the 2nd Coming. This is fitting considering “endurance of hope” is a theme in every chapter (1 Thess.1:3). When considering Jesus’s return, the […]
PHall | December 21, 2022
Two Thoughts When We Suffer As we congregationally study the problem of pain and suffering, and how the word of God shows what God is doing about it – and will continue to do – we are learning this is our preparatory work. By that I mean the problem of evil is not solved in […]
PHall | December 21, 2022
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 | December 21, 2022
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 | December 2, 2022
A Pew Moments with Perry – “He’s in My Wife’s Seat” Paul or Saul had a past. That past included hurting people, “ravaging the church” (8:3), breaking into “house after house” (8:3), “breathing threats and murder” (9:1), and throwing men and women into prison (8:3; 9:2). Then as unbelievable as anything can be, this unbeliever […]
PHall | November 30, 2022
We Don’t Fail Because Others Are Too Strong “Never blame your failure on the strength of another”. I do not know the origin of the quote, but the idea is biblical. Manhood (and womanhood) does not make excuses. Real men accept responsibility. Our failures are ours to own. If we fail, it is not because […]
PHall | November 30, 2022
Being Different There are people who are just naturally “different”. They aren’t trying to be “different”, it just happens. It’s as if their brains are wired… differently. I’m sure none of you know anyone who’s brain is wired weird! (P.S. Did you notice weird and wired have the same letters! Does it take a weird […]
PHall | November 30, 2022
Stay Out of My Church! If we won’t worship in the same church with a brother or sister because of what they did to us, then how can we worship God considering what we’ve done to Him? “Oh, but I have repented!” Are you sure you have repented of every sin? “Yes, of every sin […]
PHall | November 30, 2022
We Don’t Sing Praises to Eve It is thought to be a first century hymn so beloved, challenging, and theologically expressive that Paul, via inspiration, included it in his epistle to the Philippians. It would be like us including the words of Amazing Grace in a letter or sermon today. But what I am writing […]