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PHall | December 17, 2019

Category: Bible | Comments Off on Preachers often tell people to think more about the future than the present which is so unnecessary since the congregation is already thinking about their future lunch right after church.
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PHall | November 22, 2019

Never have I put these two text together but…Genesis 3:2-3 – “The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”” […]

Category: Bible | Comments Off on Dining with Jesus
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PHall | November 18, 2019

Category: Bible | Comments Off on Read the Psalms to learn how to love God with all your soul, heart and strength (1st Great Command). Read Proverbs to learn how to love your neighbor as yourself (2nd Great Command).
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PHall | November 18, 2019

Matthew begins in a most boring way:“An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:” (CSB’17 Matthew 1:1) followed by mind-numbing names.Boring if you are not a Jew. Hidden to Gentiles in plain sight are:• 4 of the most important promises made.• 3 promises made to one man.• […]

Category: Matthew | Comments Off on Matthew 1:1 – History and Hope
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PHall | November 18, 2019

Many funerals have I attended within the last couple of years, including my mother’s. There is a part of me that experiences guilt because of the felt grief. For those who have lost ones, you know the hope of the resurrection. But let me share a thought that is hopefully comforting.Notice what Paul does not […]

Category: I Thessalonians | Comments Off on 1 Thessalonians 5:17 – Grieving with Hope
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PHall | November 15, 2019

Jesus’s cleansing of the temple, throwing out the money-changers, calling it a house of prayer, is more expansive than I ever imagined. It is a connecting link between who Jesus is and what we are to be.1. In the beginning, all of the earth was created to be God’s temple. Sin entered God’s temple followed […]

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PHall | November 13, 2019

Leaders need to listen…but not always or else they become followers and not leaders. There are numerous examples in the Bible – and in life – that show the various balances, when it is successful, when it fails. If I were to ask, “Why did the Israelites wander for 40 years?” A correct answer would […]

Category: Deuteronony | Comments Off on Deuteronomy 1:22-23 – Leaders Need to Not Always Listen
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PHall | November 13, 2019

If you could change one thing about yourself and:1) Haven’t tried – there is a difference between a wish and work.2) Tried but failed – there is a difference between trying on your own and being changed by the Holy Spirit.If we all could change one thing about ourselves it is being satisfied with mediocrity […]

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PHall | November 9, 2019

Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do good things happen to bad people? “Free will” is one very good answer; but that is an answer which has God backing away, necessarily, in order for free will to exist. God is not Deistic, because He is both immanent and transcendent. Free will hinges […]

Category: Matthew, Numbers | Comments Off on Numbers 14:9 – Why Things Happen both Good and Bad
Tags: Free Will, Problem of Evil, Suffering

PHall | November 8, 2019

What’s the greatest accomplishment God had made in your life? If “freedom from spiritual slavery” (i.e., forgiveness of sins) isn’t at the top, then think again, because that one cost the life of God incarnate. Too often we act like the Israelites of Numbers 14-15. They saw Canaan and the giants and refused to allow […]

Category: Exodus, Numbers | Comments Off on Forgetting Leads to Fear
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