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PHall | April 27, 2016
If Judaism has one verse which encapsulates their belief system, it would be “The Shema” which begins “Hear Oh, Israel” (Deut.6:4). “The Shema” is based upon the Hebrew word for “hear/shama. While translated different ways, the most common way the NASB translates shama throughout the OT is “hear” or “heard”. Jeremiah, a prophet of God, […]
PHall | April 20, 2016
I cannot decide – is this a good, bad example; or a bad, good example…. Either way, sometimes we can learn good lessons from bad people. For example, take the Israelites – they apostatized from the true God to worship that which God created – “the sun, the moon and to all the host of […]
PHall | April 6, 2016
One of the powerful aspects of Jeremiah’s book is when he records God asking questions. Check out the questions in chapter 5 (some are repeated showing divine frustration): Why should I forgive you? Should I not punish them for these things? Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? Do you not […]
PHall | April 6, 2016
That human beings can wonder if there is a God or gods is an argument all by itself that the answer is yes. Atheism teaches all of existence is and only is materialism. Therefore all thought is a function of the material brain’s chemical reactions. Free will itself cannot exist because it is not a […]
PHall | April 6, 2016
Some Corinthians (claiming to be Christians) could not believe in the resurrection of the dead other than Jesus. If they could believe Jesus had been resurrected, why not others? It is possible they did not know about all the OT stories, or even those in the NT. It is also possible they deemed them different […]