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PHall | February 29, 2020
Not only are spiritual lessons learned from the Bible, practical lessons are taught as well. Probably none more easily learned than the following:1. Be Available2. Be Assertive3. Be Approachable4. Be ApprovingThere are even more that don’t begin with “A”! Who is our successful example? Absalom when he stole the hearts of Israel (2 Samuel 15). […]
PHall | February 28, 2020
PHall | February 27, 2020
What was the problem in 1 Corinthians? The Corinthian Christians were acting too much like the Corinthians in Corinth. Consider this: every problem in the church is the world in the church instead of the church in the world. The gospel does not fail, but when the gospel is manipulated to match what the world […]
PHall | February 27, 2020
Wanting what you cannot have is a recurring thematic plot in the Bible. Most infamously, that is what happened in the garden of Eden. It happened again as seen in David seeing and taking Bathsheba. Then again with David’s son Amnon with Tamar we see like son like father. Before that, Korah wanted priestly leadership […]
PHall | February 27, 2020
Matthew’s biography of Jesus has the end meet the beginning, bookends if you please. These are aimed at the shame of the recipients. Matthew 1 famously has the genealogy of Jesus showing his regal credentials as the King of the Jews. But notice these two divergent aims: 1) Matthew 2 we have the “king of […]
PHall | February 23, 2020
“I understand Christians have a need to believe in God.” That is a confession of sort by many atheists, and one I recently heard. That got me thinking….I could say, “I understand atheists have a need to not believe in God.” Often it is the evil in the world that tempts them to not believe. […]
PHall | February 22, 2020
There are two kinds of atheists: 1) Those who believe there is nothing but matter and therefore no free will; 2) Those who believe there is free will. The first class we can dub “Scientific Atheists”. The second class we can call “Emotional Atheists.” While an oversimplification, let me point out the foundational flaw in […]
PHall | February 21, 2020
These two narratives are not normally linked by me and they should be because:1. They are back to back.2. They are connected linguistically.3. The difference is what’s important.After “inquiring” of the Lord, something David did frequently, there is victory:“So David marched against Baal Perazim and defeated them there. Then he said, “The LORD has burst […]
PHall | February 19, 2020
If you have to explain a joke, it no longer is funny. Likewise, when you have to explain “hermeneutics”, it no longer is simple. For example, is the following text difficult to understand:• “Some time later, David inquired of the LORD: “Should I go to one of the towns of Judah?” The LORD answered him, […]
PHall | February 19, 2020
“God don’t make no junk”. Despite the double which reverses the meaning, I understand and accept the premise. Counseling the emotionally troubled saying they have value being made in the image of God, is also worthwhile and true. But….“For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that […]