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PHall | March 18, 2024
Men Protecting Is Not Toxic Masculinity Men need to protect to feel like Men. It is a positive masculine trait to protect women and children. Protecting is not “toxic masculinity”. What was Adam’s first failing? What if the first sin was not Eve eating the fruit (Gen.3:6)? What if the first violation didn’t begin with […]
PHall | January 3, 2024
The structure of Ephesians 5:22-33 is fairly simple. It goes back and forth between the physical and spiritual. Whether this is a chiasm, or something else, I don’t know. But for those who learn from how texts are structured, enjoy and if necessary correct. A – PHYSICAL – HUSBAND IS HEAD: Wives, be subject to […]
PHall | January 3, 2024
Excuse the crude analogy I will use in a moment. It is a common question asked on social media, and blunt framing of a modern issue. DIVORCE IS COSTLY Women are more likely to iniate divorce nowadays. Considering the “bad contract” which can be easily broken wherein the man loses half of his wealth, can’t […]
PHall | July 15, 2023
Men can be jerks. So can women. Unfortunately, they don’t always marry each other and get what they deserve. Sadly, these hard-hearted and hard-headed masochists marry good people. This causes suffering in others who still love them, including their children. Only Jesus can change them if they are willing. If you are married to a […]
PHall | June 27, 2023
Monogamy in the past was being true to one person for life. Now it is one person at a time. Divorce in the past was due mostly to someone being unhappy with the person they married. Now it is often due to someone thinking they could be happier with someone else. Society has lost the […]
PHall | April 28, 2023
Forty years ago today, I said my vows to the wrong person. The vows were good – “I take Janet to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health” – I just shouldn’t have […]
PHall | November 10, 2020
What Does God’s Type of Husbands Look Like? It is true that the creation narratives point to authority being found in the man’s role as husband. Warning! If we only see authority, we miss leadership, and warp God’s role of a husband into something ugly. If husbands, and all men, want to truly be the […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
There is never “just one reason” people sin. If there is an underlying reason causing most every sin it just might be…. Going back to Eve, she wanted…. (Genesis 3) Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because…. (Numbers 12) Korah and incites people against Moses and Aaron in order to…. (Numbers 16) The angels did not […]
PHall | October 26, 2018
Marriage Lessons from an Unlikely Source Thanks to one of our teachers (John Meadows) for doing the unexpected, by using a passage about an impending divorce, to teach about having a successful marriage (Matthew 1:19-24). First the background: Joseph is betrothed or engaged to Mary. She is miraculously pregnant; but all he knows is what […]
PHall | May 21, 2018
There is a vintage Chase and Sanborn coffee advertisement that says, “If your husband ever finds out you’re not “store-testing” for fresher coffee.if he discovers you’re still taking chances…” which is followed by the husband putting his wife over his knee and spanking her! This is not how husbands help their wives submit! “Wives submit […]