PHall | July 17, 2012
Lamentations is one of the books that is not part of our normal readings, few sermons are preached from it. And yet it is a helpful book for how to handle great losses. Have you ever lost someone you loved? Have you ever lost someone you loved who deserved to die? How did you handle […]
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PHall | July 17, 2012
If you believe you can call others an idiot as long as you don’t call them a fool, you just might be a Pharisee (Mt.5:22). If you believe you can offer worship to God instead of offering repentance to your brother, you just might be a Pharisee (Mt.5:23-24). If you believe faithfulness to your wife […]
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PHall | July 17, 2012
God loves us despite what we do (4:10); We love God because what He did (4:19). God loves all without accepting all (4:17); We love God by accepting Him (4:15). God loves because of Who He is (4:8); We love because we choose to be like God (4:7). God is perfect love (4:16); We are […]
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PHall | July 17, 2012
As is often true but overlooked, we can learn much by the way something is structured. To not see the organization is to only see each tree within the forest. Even looking at one tree, we fail if we don’t see how the roots and soil, even the weather all contribute. It is never just […]
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PHall | July 16, 2012
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PHall | July 16, 2012
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PHall | July 15, 2012
Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience flaming emails, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance (1:2-3). If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, not Google (1:5). Be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, and slow to hit the reply button (1:19). Not many […]
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PHall | July 15, 2012
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PHall | July 15, 2012
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PHall | July 15, 2012
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