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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
Corrie Ten Boom in the book, Reflections of god’s Glory (page 69), wrote, “In Africa a man came to a meeting with bandaged hands. I asked him how he had been injured. He said, “My neighbor’s straw roof was on fire; I helped him to put it out and that’s how my hands were burned. […]
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 19, 2014
Uncomfortably, oft through friends who disagree, Hubris, foolishness we begin to see, Divine fault? God’s cross says it’s in them or me. So I strain fellowship with those who think me ill. Unkindness prevails, their courtesy nil. Friends despite them, not to spite them; Agape’s will. Mutuality forsaken, they bid me “go.” Deprived […]
PHall | May 19, 2014
My mind is small, and I am thankful to know it is. While others see conflict between the writers of the Bible, where one NT writer might have grown past another NT writer’s knowledge, I see my ignorance. I wait to discover the yet unknown. Because I cannot yet understand is no excuse to accuse […]
PHall | May 19, 2014
Prayer is a lot like baptism, and every other work God has commanded. Think about how amazing prayer is. Our thoughts transcend the ceiling, sky, moon, the end of our galaxy and even past the end of the universe, where no man can go. God is on the other end of everything and the beginning […]
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 13, 2014
When someone chooses to cut us off from their life, or portions thereof, we get to choose whether we become a victim or whether they victimized themselves. We can choose to believe those who push us away are those who unknowingly need us. They chose to remove the restraint that protected them and their freedom […]
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 […]