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PHall | November 18, 2023
1. EPHESUS – A church that loves being right more than loves those who are wrong. 2. SMYRNA – A church that doesn’t fear those who fear you for what you stand for. 3. PERGAMUM – A church that accepts mixing the holy and unholy in teaching or living as acceptable to God. 4. THYATRIA […]
PHall | November 14, 2023
In Megan Rappinoe’s last game she injured herself by tearing her Achilles. She is the women’s soccer team captain and outspoken advocate for LGBTQT+. She immediately said afterwards, “I’m not a religious person or anything and if there was a god, like, this is proof that there isn’t”. Let’s examine her “logic”. If bad […]
PHall | November 6, 2023
A Pew Moments with Perry – Me, Myself, and I Sex, drugs, and Rock and Roll. Wine, Women, and Song. These are descriptions of the Teacher’s pursuit in Ecclesiastes to find fulfillment as seen in Ecclesiastes 2:4-11. In the past I have focused on the things the Teacher experimented with such as building houses, amassing […]
PHall | November 1, 2023
Only those reading mindlessly will pass over the comparisons between Moses and Joshua; and between the Exodus from the Slave Land and the Entrance to the Promise Land. Both servants being told to remove their sandals due to being on holy ground is just one (Exodus 3:5; Joshua 5:15). Crossing the Red Sea and the […]
PHall | November 1, 2023
First, the two tenets of Calvinism I want to focus on are both connected to free will. Calvinism teaches: 1. PRESERVATION OF THE SAINTS (i.e., Once Saved Always Saved) – You can’t fall away and if you do, then you were not really saved after all. 2. UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION – You can’t reject salvation […]
PHall | November 1, 2023
James 4:7-8 is taking on a more powerful meaning to me. Here’s the text: James 4 (CSB) 7) Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 ) Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Why […]
PHall | November 1, 2023
3 Questions when Evangelizing In doing street evangelism, here are three foundational questions that can set the proper direction: 1. If God loves everyone, doesn’t that mean God loves you? 2. If Jesus died for everyone’s sins, who decides what is sin, God or you? 3. If you discover you are sinning according to God, […]
PHall | November 1, 2023
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. This earth had a special “territory” called Eden; and within Eden was a dedicated spot for a garden. God was building His temple-palace as the King of all kings to come. The story is well-known about how mankind lost paradise. The stories could be multiplied […]
PHall | November 1, 2023
What is the gift of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2:38? 1. The key is noticing how Peter quotes Joel 2 in Acts 2, ending with a partial quote of Joel 2:32 in Acts 2:21. 2. Then Peter preaches on their responsibility in killing the Christ and God resurrecting Jesus. 3. And finishing with an […]
PHall | October 13, 2023
When God prepared Moses to go to His people, Moses doubted, repeatedly. One sign God gave for proof is Moses to sticking his hand inside his cloak, and when he takes it out, the hand is as white as snow. This illustrates Moses’s cold, unbelieving heart. No it doesn’t. The hand was white because of […]