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PHall | July 15, 2022
Breathe in, breathe out. By that exercise, I have defined, and explained inspiration in a very limited form. As words literally cannot be said without the breath of life, divine inspiration is the breath of spiritual life. Using another brief but hopefully instructive analogy, let’s look at John’s monologue: John 1:1,14 – In the beginning […]
PHall | July 15, 2022
I like words, and priorities begins with “prior” meaning “before”. That helps us understand that our priorities are determined prior to many decisions we have to make. Ironically, the decision we make before we make a decision is our prior priority. Eve and Adam made a decision not to eat of the forbidden fruit […]
PHall | July 15, 2022
Which describes you? “Cheap faith” (adapting Bonhoeffer’s “cheap grace”) can be described as a faith that doesn’t work, makes God our Happy Meal Chef, and is more concerned with self than serving. Cheap faith is all about how God loves “me” because of “me”. Just sit back in a recliner while God waits on […]
PHall | July 2, 2022
Enemy of the Truth – Inconsistent Thinking Inconsistent thinking is a constant enemy to the truth, one we all face. One weapon of this mental failure is the lack of information. But if truth is told, here comes another constant – we will never have all the information. So, what’s the solution? Gather enough facts […]
PHall | July 1, 2022
How To Deal with Atheism in Our Young People? While this idea began dealing with how to help “our” children, the idea expanded, not beyond our children, but to any who become atheists. Our children are not immune to the many reasons people who are not among “us” likewise experience. The first thing we need […]
PHall | June 30, 2022
Knowing All the Right Answers is Not Enough There is a profound difference between knowledge and submission, between knowing and bowing. We can see this reality in many skeptics who know a lot of biblical facts, but don’t know God and subsequently don’t bow the knee. The question for us is, can we see this […]
PHall | June 29, 2022
Not wanting to go to hell is not enough. I’ll confess, my main reason for being baptized was negative. I’ve grown beyond that by God’s grace. I loved and appreciated Jesus’s sacrifice and atonement back then, so my baptism wasn’t only negative. But I’ve also learned not wanting to go to hell is not enough. […]
PHall | June 28, 2022
Anyone who claims not to believe in “necessary inference” is not married, or doesn’t know how women communicate. They will claim if God wanted us to do something, He would just say it plainly. Now, let’s apply that to marriage. WIFE – “Is that your underwear in the middle of the floor?” HUSBAND – […]
PHall | June 28, 2022
Hope for Transgenders? Is there a character in the Bible, who can help us help those, dealing with transgenderism? Can God’s response to this character help those living a transgender life? Let’s begin with a modern-day fact. While not all transgenders physically change their bodies, some do. It is called, “transitioning””. In transitioning, people are […]
PHall | June 26, 2022
“While We Stand and Sing” At the end of the sermon, the preacher often asks the congregation to rise when singing the invitation song. When this tradition began, I don’t know. Possibly standing is just physical, giving everyone an opportunity to stretch after the…way to short sermon! Maybe it a psychological boost for those who […]