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PHall | June 21, 2022
What’s the first thing to come out of your mouth if, while holding a nail, you hit your thumb with a hammer? Cuss words?2. Name calling (i.e., “Perry, you’re such a clumsy idiot!”)?3. Shifting Blame to others (i.e., “You must have given me a bad nail!”)?4. Shifting Blame to things (i.e., “There must be something […]
PHall | June 14, 2022
Proverbs 23:31-32 has a warning against drinking – “Don’t gaze at wine because it is red, because it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.” The wise man goes on and gives another warning in v.33 – “Your eyes will see […]
PHall | June 10, 2022
How is the sin of negative favoritism like faith only? Does James speak of these contextually together in his sermon on practical Christianity? Contextually, notice the progression: 1. BAD TREATMENT OF POOR – “if you look with favor on the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Sit here in a good place,” and […]
PHall | June 10, 2022
TEXT: 1 Thessalonians 1:3 (NASB 2020) constantly keeping in mind your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, DEVOTIONAL: Examples of works of faith, labors of love, and endurances of hope (1 Thessalonians 1:3), fill 1 Thessalonians. […]
PHall | June 8, 2022
Showing Favoritism to Ourselves How is the sin of favoritism like adultery and murder? Does James speak of these contextually together in James 2? Favoritism in the assembly is displayed by paying special attention to the rich, and devaluing the poor. This is made evident by relegating the latter to standing over there or sitting […]
PHall | June 7, 2022
A friend pointed out that the words “listen” and “silent” have the same letters. That spelling coincidence is not useless trivia. Sometimes people are silent but don’t listen. Other times people are not silent and you can tell did not listen. “The one who gives an answer before he listens — this is foolishness and […]
PHall | June 3, 2022
Words paint pictures. A picture might be worth a thousand words, unless it is God painting with words. Notice this verse from the Song of Moses: “The water heaped up at the blast from your nostrils; the currents stood firm like a dam. The watery depths congealed in the heart of the sea.” (CSB’17 […]
PHall | June 3, 2022
“Remove your sandals because you are standing on holy ground”, said Yahweh to Moses and Joshua. “Repent, because the kingdom of God is near”, said John and Jesus to the crowds. Are both statements saying the same thing? One thing they have in common is both are said the beginning of something […]
PHall | May 31, 2022
A friend of mine had his family spread rumors that he was mentally unstable, then he got arrested after being falsely accused, and lost most of his friends. Throughout all this, his faith hasn’t wavered: he even asked me to pray for those turned against me because I stood by his side. After all this, […]
PHall | May 31, 2022
Except Studying again and it makes me wonder how we compare to first century Christians. Think of how often we have denigrated the Corinthians for being so swayable to their current moralities and cultural weakness and even doctrinal errors. We are nothing like that, right. We are so much better than they are, right? […]