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PHall | December 28, 2015
Abbreviated Chiasm A – ADAM IS INTIMATE WITH HIS WIFE (1a) B – CAIN ENTERS (1b) C – CAIN AND THE GROUND (2-3) D – ABEL AND BLOOD (4) E – GOD REJECTS CAIN (5a) F– CAIN CONTROLLED BY EMOTIONS (5b-6) G – MORAL OF THE STORY (7a) G’ – MORAL OF THE STORY (7b) […]
PHall | December 28, 2015
Jonah tried to flee from God by boat to Tarshish. We mock his primitive thinking. Our method of hiding is much superior. We hide from God in our prayers by pretending our motives are different than they really are. I wonder, however, if our method is more insulting to God. Jonah tried to flee from […]
PHall | December 23, 2015
If I had to predetermine the chiastic center for 3 John, I would have chosen v.11: “Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.” One of the dangers of rearranging the chiasm is to […]
PHall | December 23, 2015
Before a psalm is taken apart and analyzed, each needs to be experienced, even felt, as our emotions overflow and overtake our minds. We need to allow the Psalms to take apart our lives as it takes part in our lives. To experience Psalm 6 we have to experience the pain and the praise. To […]
PHall | December 22, 2015
My morning prayer: “Dear Lord, thank you for two layers of covers (it is winter), a bathroom close to my bed (I am getting old), and a hand to hold while I sleep” (I am still very much in love). You might be thinking this prayer’s contents are first mundane, then TMI, and finally sweet. […]
PHall | December 17, 2015
I had doubts 2 John is a chiasmus. After struggling on my own and searching others’ attempts, the doubt increased. Literally, hours were spent on what should have been – at least I thought should have been – a simple task. That task is, to determine if 2 John is chiastically arranged; and if so, […]
PHall | December 10, 2015
We all care what others think of us. Some admit it. Some are controlled by it. Others react against it. We can pretend we don’t care; but other’s words and opinions often hurt. The cloaked emotional crisis is what others think can lead beyond thoughts and words; dangerous actions can result, sometimes by “me.” Psalm […]
PHall | December 8, 2015
The best French fries are at Ollie’s Trolley. I got to eat these growing up when my father would take me to his workplace. One Saturday he did not take me, so I gathered my friends, and we stormed his office. My father’s friends looked out the window. Seeing us on the march they warned […]
PHall | December 5, 2015
Luke 1:68-79 (HCSB) The chiastic center focuses on the covenant of God sworn to by His own oath. A – GOD HAS VISITED (68) Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and provided redemption for His people. B – HORN OF SALVATION (69) He has raised up a horn of salvation […]
PHall | December 2, 2015
Formal Chiasm All through 1 John, the writer has been contrasting the two groups. In this chiasm we can see these contrasts in the complementary parts. A – TRUE AND FALSE SPIRITS (1a) Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, B – FALSE PROPHETS […]