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PHall | August 19, 2021
I see both intentional and unintentional humor in the Bible where others don’t. I’ll let you decide: PROBLEM – Jesus went a little bit away. His disciples find him. They tell.him everyone one is looking for him. SOLUTION – Jesus says, “Let’s all.go even further away!” (The last answer they expected) TEXT – “Very early […]
PHall | August 19, 2021
Why is baptism the perfect culmination of believing, repenting, and confessing? 1. Would you be immersed in water if you were not commanded to (Mark 16:16)? Baptism is belief in action. 2. What is baptism? It is a death of one way as seen in being buried and a beginning of a new way (Colossians […]
PHall | July 26, 2021
Martin Luther sought to emphasize a daily renewal in baptism by practicing and encouraging his followers to each morning place their hand on their heads and confirming, “I am baptized”. This method is because he had water sprinkled on him as a baby as did his fellow protesters, hence Protestants. This became comforting because he […]
PHall | July 21, 2021
Grace (forgiveness) vs Law (obedience) – There are “grace churches/preachers” and there are “law churches/preachers”. If we are either of these, we are wrong. Take for example the first two stories of mankind in the Bible: Adam and Eve sinned, God covered them with clothing, then expelled them out of the garden. Can you see […]
PHall | July 20, 2021
As a Hebrew and Israelite, when David wrote the first line of what has become enumerated as the 23rd Psalm, he had no other known meaning than, “YAHWEH is my Shepherd”. As followers of Jesus, we know Him as the great shepherd because of John 10. In that sense, join me in rewording the Psalm […]
PHall | July 15, 2021
Biblical Irony – Jonah got swallowed by a great fish and then helped saved a great number, and Simon bar Jonah (i.e. Peter) caught a great number of fish and became a fisher of men and women and helped save a great number.
PHall | July 15, 2021
You’re Not David David and Goliath, a little guy against a big guy, the impossible against the improbable. “David and Goliath” is part of our cultural lingo and thinking. And that is part of the problem. In the story we want to be David: We can be David if we are willing to be […]
PHall | July 14, 2021
God Doesn’t Call the Qualified, He Qualifies the Called? There is a common saying, “God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.” That sounds good and pious, especially when you look at the rest of the quote, “It is the One who called that is important not the one who is called. Understanding and […]
PHall | July 13, 2021
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PHall | July 13, 2021
Here are four “wrongs” churches can hear preached: 1. Wrongs in Denominational churches 2. Wrongs in “our” churches 3. Wrongs in our church 4. Wrongs in “my” life • Two of the four can produce pride. • Two of the four can produce humility and repentance. • One of the four is heard by mostly […]