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PHall | May 27, 2014
Israel is leaving bondage, but is not yet free. The enemy is pursuing. Israel leaves Egypt following a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire for night. Then this pillar divides Israel from Egypt as the Egyptians pursue. The cloud is moved from leading the Israelites to behind them, between the Egyptians […]
PHall | May 23, 2014
I wonder if the prayer would change if offered to God after the collection had been counted? Would it be depressing, or one of praise? Every Sunday Christians contribute for the ministry of the church (1 Corinthians 16:1-2). Before the Lord’s Supper we often sing a song “to prepare our minds.” Before the contribution we […]
PHall | May 21, 2014
What is the first temple? Jews today speak of Solomon’s temple as the first, and Herod’s as the second, either ignoring Zerubbabel’s or else combining it with Herod’s. So Solomon’s is the first? Not quite. The tabernacle is also called a temple (1 Samuel 1:9; 3:3). So the tabernacle is the first temple? Hold on. […]
PHall | May 20, 2014
Do you get paid to do your job? Of course, you do, that is why you work. If they stopped paying, you would quit. That is, unless, you enjoy your job so much it is like a hobby you get paid to do. They say if you enjoy your job, you’ll never work a day […]
PHall | May 16, 2014
The reason we need to pray “search me oh God” (Ps.139:23) is the same reason why we can’t find things – we stop looking before we find them.
PHall | May 16, 2014
In 2 Timothy 1 we find Paul telling Timothy not to be afraid of his friend’s chains, nor to be ashamed of the testimony about the Lord. The gospel teaches this in Jesus, but also the gospel as found in the Old Testament taught to Timothy by his mother and grandmother (3:14-15). Timothy is to […]
PHall | May 11, 2014
A good woman is hard to find, and worth far more than a good hunting dog or a high end sports-car. Her husband trusts her like his mother, and never has reason to regret it. Never spiteful, she treats him according to the Golden Rule every day (even when he’s told one too many joke […]
PHall | May 11, 2014
Both Joseph and Daniel teach us how to become successful. While we might want to point out their tenacity, don’t give up drive, intelligence, and unwillingness to take no for an answer, that is not how they succeeded. Here you go; make sure you right this down: First, become a slave of a foreign nation. […]
PHall | May 9, 2014
“Victimless crimes” are illegal acts to which all consent and none are injured. Or so they claim. Poker for example; and admittedly no party is injured…if all the parties can afford to lose. Software piracy is another example; it is easier on the conscience to steal from someone as distant as the internet makes people […]
PHall | May 9, 2014
Cain dismissively answers God, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Cain is sarcastically saying he isn’t responsible for Abel; he isn’t Abel’s baby sitter, although many years ago he might have been as the older brother. Such an attitude cautions us on how we answer and treat one another. In Iain Provan’s Seriously Dangerous Religion, he […]