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PHall | September 6, 2017
They say young men marry women that remind them of their mothers. For me I know that was true, except younger! The story of Samson can be told by contrasting his mother to his women. In Judges 13, while unnamed, the wife of Manoah and Samson’s mother is the main character. It is she who […]
PHall | September 6, 2017
Question: Hello brother Perry. What do u do when u start to lose faith in prayer? When u just feel your prayers are hitting the roof and see no results. Answer: Been feeling that myself. One answer is to not put much faith in feelings. Another is to read the psalms. The feelings of God […]
PHall | June 24, 2017
Saturday’s Special – My daily goal is to not let my work get the way of reading my Bible. As a preacher, you might think this is strange. Don’t I read the Bible in preparing to write sermons, classes, and articles, and such? Yes. But. Sigh. I have discovered, rather too late in life, that […]
PHall | June 23, 2017
There is a woman who interrupts another story. This “interruption” is real in the sense of historically accurate; but it is also symbolic (at least to me). Sometimes interruptions are annoying, and other times life-changing. Jesus is approached by a leader in the synagogue; an important man. She is not important, at least as viewed […]
PHall | June 9, 2017
The prayer passages with a description of each which help us understand various types and occasions for prayer: Prayer in Nehemiah Preparation Prayer – 1:4-11 Prompt Prayer 2:4 Persecution Prayer – 4:4-5 Protection Prayer – 4:9 Promise Prayer #1 – 5:13 Pastoral Prayer – 5:19 Power Prayer 6:9 Perceptive Prayer – 6:14 Praising Prayer#1 – […]
PHall | May 27, 2017
Strumming my fingers incoherently while driving, and all of a sudden my brain makes an unconscious connection and I start to sing “Green acres is the place to be. Farm living is the life for me.” “For me” is the husband. Think about those last two words – “for me”. When you watch the opening […]
PHall | May 27, 2017
As a preacher, reading the gospels again has been good for me and my feelings: 1) “Some of your sermons are too complicated.” So were some of Jesus’ (John 6:60). 2) “Didn’t you preach that sermon before?” Jesus repeated himself (Matthew 25:14-30; Luke 19:11-27). 3) “Were you talking about me?” Jesus had to do that […]
PHall | May 27, 2017
Sinday Mournday Tearsday Wasteday Thirstday Fightday Shatterday anon.
PHall | May 20, 2017
John 1:1-2 – Notice two things: 1) The order of the words in Greek is different than in English which lends itself to an interesting chiasm. 2) While we normally quote just 1:1 as a complete thought, the chiastic order suggests v.2 should be included. A – In (the) beginning was the Word B – […]
PHall | April 24, 2017
Russia had banned the Jehovah Witnesses making it illegal. The reason was saying it was guilty of extremism. Not stated by the Russian government is that possibly they viewed the group to be extreme because it was a pacifist group which did not celebrate Russia’s aggressive military actions. People often joke about hiding behind the […]