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PHall | May 3, 2023
When considering if men are qualified to be shepherds, ask, “Do they live by the Beatitudes and Fruit of the Spirit?” If not, they do not have the right character to be chosen. When considering if we are qualified to decide who can be shepherds, ask, “Do we live by the Beatitudes and Fruit of […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
Have you ever wondered why God had Adam name the animals? Couldn’t God have done it for Adam? Yes. Here are five reasons why: 1. Adam is exercising his intellect. Notice how inspiration describes the first man. He is logical, able to distinguish different kinds of animals, along with the linguistic skills to differentiate […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
Worship is the conflation of the spiritual and the physical. We “live worship” on earth, yet in God’s presence in heaven, simultaneously in the “heavenlies” (Ephesians). Worshiping is our “natural” habitat, since the definition of being human is the conflation of the physical and the spiritual. There is nothing more human than worship. In a […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
When talking to strangers on a college campus in today’s environment, questions about homosexuality and transgenderism are bound to come up. Here is how I handled it, and please give helpful suggestions as to how to be more effective. 1. I assured the person bringing up these topics that I am not interested in “forcing” […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
Puzzles and paintings are entirely different ways of forming pictures. Puzzles are preformed, precise pictures. Everything fits into its predetermined place. You even have the picture on the box picturing the end result. In this analogy, Jesus is the picture, and the gospel accounts describing Jesus are the puzzles. The epistles and our lives are […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
Jesus is the anointed one, or as usually translated, the “Christ” or “Messiah”. Anointing is the act of pouring “something” onto another, and in the OT was for a divinely given appointment. Mark likes to group events by three’s. Jesus’s anointing is no different. Twice Jesus is successfully anointed; but the third time is a […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
1 Timothy 2:8 (CSB) “Therefore, I want men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.” Why “without anger or argument”? Were the Ephesian men being corrected for some local problems within their spiritual family? Problem is though, Paul does not seem here to be correcting wannabe teachers (1:3,4,7) […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
Promiscuous sex is not a new sin. Tamar, Rahab, and the Corinthians all show this lustful weakness. Prostitution is not the oldest profession despite what some say. While the sin is not new, language describing it will always be expanding. For example, Rabab today would not be called a harlot. She’d be a hooker. […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
A totem pole here in Alaska had a surprising depiction – a bearded man with a cross on his cloak carrying a rifle. It was explained to me that totems were historical records. The rifle-wielding man was Russian Orthodox, here in Alaska to convert the Natives. The irony is, I too am here to evangelize. […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
One of my favorite biblical books is 2 Thessalonians. Do you know why it was written? Because the Thessalonians misunderstood 1 Thessalonians. So… 1. If people can misunderstand an inspired Paul, then people definitely can misunderstand me! I take comfort in that. 2 Thessalonians has another practical application we need to remember. 2. When we […]