PHall | December 12, 2009
The first sin is every sin. Satan tempted Eve with the pride of life, plus the lusts of the flesh and eyes (1 John 2:16). That is how the story is often told. Now let’s retell the story of Adam and Eve learning once again, and hopefully once for all, that the first sin is […]
Category: Romans, Genesis |
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PHall | December 7, 2009
Anyone familiar with the English language knows what a mixed up language it is. The reason is both historical and linguistic. Historically we are a nation built upon immigration. Linguisticly American-English absorbed and continues to absorb words from a variety of languages, melting them into an American alphabet soup. American-English is not a pure […]
Category: II Timothy, II John, Revelation, Deuteronony, Joshua |
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PHall | December 4, 2009
Is there anything more tragic in a war than the suffering of children? Is there anything more darkening to a man’s understanding than the killing of innocents? War should never be glorified although war happened many times even within the Bible. Some wars admittedly were waged by God. Some by godlessness. A rebellion broke out […]
Category: II Kings |
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PHall | December 2, 2009
Romans 1:16-17 NASB For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. (17) For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man […]
Category: Romans |
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PHall | December 1, 2009
Listed below are the miracles of the Great Physician, Jesus, as recorded in Scripture. Being God incarnate, He performed innumerably more: John 21:25 – And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would […]
Category: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, I John |
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PHall | December 1, 2009
A sound becomes a noise based upon our connection to that sound. I walked outside and heard leaves gently falling to the ground, making a crinkling sound. And I thought of God. And thinking of God brought peace. Then in the distance I heard the sounds of man – motors rumbling down the road. And […]
Category: Matthew |
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PHall | November 28, 2009
There is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9). Every year it is the same. It happened this year and will happen in the year to come, and those following. People move out, and people move in. Proximity to friends and family will be gained and lost. Ties will be tested. Friendships will begin, and […]
Category: Matthew, Acts, II Corinthians, Colossians, I Timothy, Ecclesiastes |
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PHall | November 27, 2009
Life’s unfair. No matter how you look at it, life’s unfair. Despite my believing in God, still life’s not fair. Let me say it again – Life’s unfair. To prove my point, let’s look at Luke 2. Joseph had to return to Bethlehem for the census (Luke 2:3). The rule to return to your “own […]
Category: Luke, John, Romans, Hebrews, Jude, Leviticus |
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PHall | November 23, 2009
Matthew 7:16a – “You shall know them by their fruits.” Matthew 7:16-20 – “You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? [17] “So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. [18] “A good tree cannot produce bad […]
Category: Matthew, John, I Peter |
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PHall | November 23, 2009
If you could, would you choose not to obey certain commands? If you could, would you choose not to believe certain truths? If you could, would you add to or take away from the Word of God? “If you could,” is not a hypothetical question – we do it every day. It’s called
Category: Acts, Revelation, Deuteronony, Jeremiah |
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