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PHall | November 30, 2022
Stay Out of My Church! If we won’t worship in the same church with a brother or sister because of what they did to us, then how can we worship God considering what we’ve done to Him? “Oh, but I have repented!” Are you sure you have repented of every sin? “Yes, of every sin […]
PHall | November 30, 2022
We Don’t Sing Praises to Eve It is thought to be a first century hymn so beloved, challenging, and theologically expressive that Paul, via inspiration, included it in his epistle to the Philippians. It would be like us including the words of Amazing Grace in a letter or sermon today. But what I am writing […]
PHall | November 30, 2022
Not Limited by My Limitations In Matthew 10, Jesus selects 12 men to serve as apostles. Then Jesus gives them a “limited commission.” This task is beyond anything they have ever tried, and more importantly, beyond their own personal abilities. We are like this too, and that is a good thing! The German theologian Friedrich […]
PHall | November 30, 2022
A Great Society This civilization was known for its architecture, musicians, and tool making. These are advancements still admired today. The imagination needed for such endeavors had to be high. Sounds like a great society. Contrasted to this society is another where none of these accomplishments are mentioned. Were they absent, not emphasized, or just […]
PHall | November 16, 2022
There’s a Time for Dusty Shoes The following is a Facebook discussion and the whole conversation is nonsensical. Stick with me and we can learn valuable lessons from the nonsense (all names removed to protect the innocent and the guilty). THEM – “If you are friends with (name removed by me), you need to block […]
PHall | November 16, 2022
Many people, including preachers, golf. What if the apostle Paul were alive today, watching YouTube videos that promised how a new technique, or training equipment, or new golf clubs would cure all his swing errors? Might he write something like this: “Not that I have already reached the perfect swing, but I make every effort […]
PHall | October 28, 2022
Mark’s record of Jesus calling his first disciples is very instructive for the work they would be called to do. Often people hear and say, “God doesn’t call the qualified, God qualifies the called”. There is a valuable point in that saying since it focuses on God finishing us by equipping us. My point here […]
PHall | October 27, 2022
Why is there suffering when God is good? That has been a question as long as there have been questions about life. Theories espouse many possible answers, and many of those answers are both satisfactory while yet espousing more questions. I would like to suggest another explanation for the Problem of Pain based upon a […]
PHall | October 26, 2022
At church we are studying “The Problem of Evil” and “Theodicy”. Many involved in “American Christianity” go through a modern “deconstruction of faith”, coming out on the other side by destroying their inadequate concept of…religion, God, Christianity, and even themselves. Theories on justifying God, while recognizing evil exists, abound. Perry Hall’s 3 point answer […]
PHall | October 26, 2022
In the last 6 months I have been to 7 funerals. Death is the enemy (1 Cor.15). And yet…. Consider Autumn, commonly called “Fall”. The changing leaves are beautiful. And yet…. Leaves changing color are “dying”. They fall, which is a euphemism for death. In their death there is beauty; except when the […]