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PHall | September 20, 2009
Sometimes the very texts used to discredit and disavow certain beliefs and practices, upon further examination, prove the exact opposite. For example, many deny the necessity of baptism and cite 1 Corinthians 1:17 as proof. Further contextual review reveals the whole passage as actually very pro-baptism. That is why Paul uses baptism as such a […]
PHall | September 19, 2009
Romans 1:17 contains two phrases that clearly express Paul’s “economy of words” – “the righteousness of God” and “from faith to faith.” But simple phrases are not always easy phrases. Concerning the latter phrase, “By itself this is too dense and cryptic for a modern reader to be certain of its meaning.” (Wright, The New […]
PHall | September 18, 2009
I’m new to North Carolina, and being a preacher I’m interested in the various religions of my neighbors. I’ve learned there are Baptists, Catholics, more Baptists, Moravians, more Baptists, and a religion I’ve never heard of – NASCAR. Not many people know that NASCAR is an acronym: National Association for Stock Car Auto Religion. Personally, […]
PHall | September 18, 2009
Gentlemen, we need to learn to be real men. Gentlemen, we need to know our place. If we don’t know our place in life, we will be filled with delusions and we will not be very happy – and the ladies in our lives will not be happy either. And if they ain’t happy, nobody […]
PHall | September 18, 2009
Dinner “Compliments:” I am a firm believer in complimenting my wife’s cooking. She is great. For those of you who have kitchen-challenged wives and mothers, I want to help you find something positive to say. Here’s a list of compliments: My compliments to the chef…Boyardee (which is redneck for “boy are these” good!) Thanks for […]
PHall | September 18, 2009
Men are different from women. To us, this is nothing innovative, nor surprising, shocking or controversial. Emotionally, mentally, physically, and biologically the sexes are different. Ironically, our commonality is our dissimilarity. Neither sex is inferior or superior to the other…just oddly opposite. Poles apart like the North Pole and the South Pole. The poles […]
PHall | September 18, 2009
A housecoat; a Louis Vuitton purse; a fast food restaurant. What do these three things have in common? Absolutely nothing. And yet, while visiting a fast food restaurant, my eye caught a lady with her trendy LV (Louis Vuitton) purse (unless it was a knockoff) standing in line wearing a housecoat. I wanted to ask […]
admin | September 18, 2009
Sometimes simplicity is found among the morass of scholarship. Of all the New Testament books, Romans is often cited as the most theologically complex. Considering the theme of Romans maybe we should be shocked it is not even more complicated. I heard a review of a certain convoluted commentary on Romans which said that Romans […]
PHall | September 17, 2009
32:3 – Make the first move 32:4 – Humility 32:5 – Honesty 32:8 – Being ready to be accepted or rejected 32:8 – Being ready to accept what is impossible or improbable in our eyes 32:9-12 – Prayer 32:9-12 – Dependence Upon God 32:13 – Restitution 32:20 – Being personally accepted 33:3 – Submission 33:10 […]
PHall | September 17, 2009
For a book supposedly against works, the book of Romans speaks of works both positively and negatively; of both good works and bad; those of the Law and those of grace; and even those by God and man. It becomes obvious by looking at the various uses that the paradox of works and salvation is […]