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PHall | August 19, 2021
10 Rules of the Hermeneutics of Interpreting a Pandemic (does this sound familiar?) 1. Choose the stats/facts that agree with your preconceived position. 2. Ignore the stats/facts that disagree with your preconceived position. 3. Be unwilling to change your position when new stats/facts become evident because they do not support your preconceived position. 4. Believe […]
PHall | August 19, 2021
The Audacity of Preaching Think about the audacity of John the Baptist’s preaching: 1. Mark 1:1 – a “gospel” was a term used non religiously to refer to an announcement of military victory. 2. Mark 1:2-3 – God, hundreds of years before, foresaw this victory in the vision of Isaiah. 3. Mark 1:4 – John […]
PHall | August 19, 2021
I see both intentional and unintentional humor in the Bible where others don’t. I’ll let you decide: PROBLEM – Jesus went a little bit away. His disciples find him. They tell.him everyone one is looking for him. SOLUTION – Jesus says, “Let’s all.go even further away!” (The last answer they expected) TEXT – “Very early […]
PHall | August 19, 2021
Why is baptism the perfect culmination of believing, repenting, and confessing? 1. Would you be immersed in water if you were not commanded to (Mark 16:16)? Baptism is belief in action. 2. What is baptism? It is a death of one way as seen in being buried and a beginning of a new way (Colossians […]