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PHall | April 10, 2021
If honoring, pleasing God, and being saved by God is as one-dimensional as some make it, the NT would have ended before anyone wrote the many epistles telling churches and Christians they were messing it up. Yes, it is love, except we don’t know how to love so the Father instructs us. Yes, it is […]
PHall | April 8, 2021
Like reverse engineering, we can take the book of Galatians and learn how people persuade others to follow false teaching: Discredit Leader (1:1) – Paul immediately defends his apostleship because one way to dissuade people from believing what they already believe is to discredit those who teach it. Beware of those who insult and smear […]
PHall | March 25, 2021
The truth is, who speaks the truth matters too much. If we respect or just like the person, that matters too much also when it comes to accepting truth. If we are part of the same religious “tribe”, that matters too much in determining truth. We all have experienced that the WHO matters too much. […]
PHall | March 13, 2021
Is Being Born of Water our Physical Birth? In doing market place evangelism using Bible Jeopardy, the “player” said that “born of water” is our physical birth. Is that what Jesus meant? We didn’t get an opportunity to sit and study, but I will share with you a way that helps me see it more […]
PHall | March 5, 2021
PRAYER: God, it is Your kingdom not mine. You are the king and the inviter. Let us all go to the sideroads and backroads to find the unwanted, who are by You and now me, wanted and loved. Amen. DEVOTIONAL: Read the text tomorrow and you might emphasize how Paul acted as a father to […]
PHall | March 4, 2021
PHall | March 3, 2021
PHall | March 3, 2021
Can a church be troubled when the leaders are serving others instead of themselves? Absolutely! 1) Some people in the congregation can be content on letting the leaders do everything. They want to be served. They want what they want. They want to get instead of getting up and giving. 2) Then there are others […]
PHall | February 13, 2021
The 5 Loves for a Happy Valentine’s Day if Single Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. If you are single, don’t give in to doubting yourself, your value, and your life. There wil.be plenty of time for that if and when you get married! (I’m being halfway facetious, because marriage brings it’s own challenges to self-worth). Remember […]
PHall | February 10, 2021
Pride vs Self-respect The difference between pride and self-respect is pride will do anything for others to think highly of them, while self-respect will do anything to think rightly of themselves. If we confuse the two we become prideful in spiritual things and gain worldly respect in eternally worthless things. Since the world doesn’t follow […]