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PHall | September 22, 2009
A feminine voice spoke into my answering machine, “we need your type to be donated due to a current shortage.” I am B positive – not the rarest, nor the most common. Being civically minded, I drove from East Boca to West Boca through a torrential storm. They closed at 5:00 PM, so I went […]
PHall | September 22, 2009
In sixth grade, my daughter Rachel came home with science class work. They had to decide which sense, if they had to lose one, they would least likely miss. Which would you choose? I chose smelling. Every sense is special, after all, they are gifts from God given to enjoy this world. However, for […]
PHall | September 22, 2009
I like to refer to this section of I John 4:19‑24, by asking the question, “How do you treat your conscience?” V.19 starts out stating that Christians know something, “hereby we know”. This knowledge is based upon the action of verse 18. So we know that we are of the truth if we ‑ love […]
PHall | September 20, 2009
Sometimes the very texts used to discredit and disavow certain beliefs and practices, upon further examination, prove the exact opposite. For example, many deny the necessity of baptism and cite 1 Corinthians 1:17 as proof. Further contextual review reveals the whole passage as actually very pro-baptism. That is why Paul uses baptism as such a […]
PHall | September 19, 2009
Romans 1:17 contains two phrases that clearly express Paul’s “economy of words” – “the righteousness of God” and “from faith to faith.” But simple phrases are not always easy phrases. Concerning the latter phrase, “By itself this is too dense and cryptic for a modern reader to be certain of its meaning.” (Wright, The New […]
PHall | September 18, 2009
Men are different from women. To us, this is nothing innovative, nor surprising, shocking or controversial. Emotionally, mentally, physically, and biologically the sexes are different. Ironically, our commonality is our dissimilarity. Neither sex is inferior or superior to the other…just oddly opposite. Poles apart like the North Pole and the South Pole. The poles […]
PHall | September 18, 2009
A housecoat; a Louis Vuitton purse; a fast food restaurant. What do these three things have in common? Absolutely nothing. And yet, while visiting a fast food restaurant, my eye caught a lady with her trendy LV (Louis Vuitton) purse (unless it was a knockoff) standing in line wearing a housecoat. I wanted to ask […]
PHall | September 17, 2009
32:3 – Make the first move 32:4 – Humility 32:5 – Honesty 32:8 – Being ready to be accepted or rejected 32:8 – Being ready to accept what is impossible or improbable in our eyes 32:9-12 – Prayer 32:9-12 – Dependence Upon God 32:13 – Restitution 32:20 – Being personally accepted 33:3 – Submission 33:10 […]
PHall | September 17, 2009
For a book supposedly against works, the book of Romans speaks of works both positively and negatively; of both good works and bad; those of the Law and those of grace; and even those by God and man. It becomes obvious by looking at the various uses that the paradox of works and salvation is […]
PHall | September 17, 2009
Politely walk away when someone asks, “I really want to know your honest opinion.” And if they ask you to be “brutally honest”…RUN! The truth is that people already know the truth they just do not want to…”know” that the truth is actually true. Confused? That’s OK because the person asking for the truth actually […]