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PHall | July 9, 2021
Who or What is the Crouching Beast? Common is the identification of the serpent in Genesis 3 with Satan and the great dragon (Revelation 12). In a similar moral tale there is a crouching animal which is sin. Have you wondered who or what is the crouching beast of Genesis 4? Let’s look at “crouches”: To […]
PHall | July 9, 2021
The morality tale continues. What are we to learn from these twin stories? 1. Similar family situation – husband/wife and brother/brother. Family situations bring out both the best and worst in us. Here I suggest they picture for us tragedy. 2. Similar consequences – death. There is both spiritual death and physical death in both […]
PHall | July 9, 2021
Praying 1 Thessalonians for a Healthy, Growing, Community – How Can I Thank God for You? (3:9) PRAYER: Oh Savior of mine and others. Thank you for people that bring me joy, not because of what they do for me; but because of what you did for them through me – you saved them. In […]
PHall | July 6, 2021
Nehemiah son of Hacaliah (Nehemiah 1:1). Open almost any OT biography and you find such lineage and identification. The NT starts off that way with the lineage of Jesus: son of Abraham, son of David. Identification can even be found in names such as Simon bar Jonah (aka Peter), where “bar” means “son of”. Then […]
PHall | June 30, 2021
Wednesday’s Wisdom – Have you ever had a mid-life crisis? The fact it is called a crisis should be a warning! Usually, this tumult happens in middle age when people are reminded how short life is. For men it too often results in a destroyed marriage and fast cars. What about a spiritual mid-life crisis? […]
PHall | June 29, 2021
Romans 3:10-18 is an example of taking many verses and forming it into one next text. So I thought I would experiment with this which does show how well the inspired word harmonizes and fits together. Here we go: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Also) in the beginning was the […]
PHall | June 29, 2021
Praying 1 Thessalonians 3:8 for a healthy growing community – Waiting to Breathe Again PRAYER: You are the Patient One, God, waiting to send Jesus’ until more repent. I have loved ones that I repeatedly wait for also. It hurts to breathe, as I wait. May they turn to you again and stand firm. In […]
PHall | June 29, 2021
Here are a few reasons why suicide is never the answer: 1. Suicide cannot undo what we did in the past. • But repentance can undo our guilt. 2. Suicide doesn’t provide a solution for the problem(s) we have. • But understanding that God and others love us does. 3. Suicide creates a false impression […]
PHall | June 29, 2021
The reason why Paul can pray without ceasing and with full confidence concerning the Thessalonians is because they have been loved and elected by God. Let that immense reasoning settle in your own full confidence of salvation. What is incredible about this text is the revealing of the Human-Divine partnership. Within it, Paul shows us […]
PHall | June 21, 2021
1 Thessalonians 3:7 – How to Receive Stress Relief PRAYER: God in heaven, I am too focused on myself at times, even when my suffering is in serving You. May I realize today that You provide stress relief by showing me Your faithful family in Jesus. Amen. DEVOTIONAL: Do you have a story that sounds […]