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PHall | November 20, 2025
Nine Types of Atheism Emotional Atheism – Many have experienced personal harm in their lives. They are dealing with the “problem of evil”, not from a philosophical perspective, but from daily pain. For example, the loss of a child, parent, spouse. Hypocritical Religious Atheism – This paradox in terminology comes from their experience of judgmentalism […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
How the Movie Babe Taught Bad Bible Hermeneutics What does bad Bible hermeneutics have in common with the movie about a pig named Babe? For those who remember the movie, feel free to skip to the end after, “I love the movie! But….” James Cromwell plays farmer Hoggett in this surprise hit movie. Farmer Hoggett […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
“Being all-powerful is an impossibility. For example, can God create a rock so large he cannot lift it?” This question was asked on the college campus. I responded that this is a self-contradictiry question and does not follow the laws of logic. Let me explain (I will explain it better here.) If you say, “Yes, […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Genocide Student – “How can you worship a God who had entire nations killed?” Answer – “There are things I don’t understand fully. But here is a mantra I often use: 1) “I don’t know. 2) “I’m not God” 3) “Deal with it” Student – “Deal with it? How?” Answer: While there are many things […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Homosexuality Question – “How can you claim to love gays but condemn them?” Answer – “I would suggest to you that loving those you disagree with and want to help is essential. If you don’t love them, you won’t help them. If you don’t love them first, they won’t accept your help.” Question – “Are […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Assembling with the Saints Question – “It has been a while since I attended church. Any advice for how to get back?” Response – “Everything goes back to the gospel. So the first thing you need to focus on is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Because there are others who are also focused […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Was Israel Having A King Sinful? A common position is that Israel wanting a King was sinful. Israel even confesses “Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king” (quoted 1 Samuel 12:19). I […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Malachi and the Thief on the Cross Malachi has a unique teaching technique: 1. God makes an Accusation. 2.Then God Cross-examines Himself by speaking for the audience. 3.This is followed by God giving the evidence to convict. This got me thinking how this method could work today: 1. Accusation – “You are not saved because […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
The Only Begotton and First Born Jesus taught how the real events of the OT show his coming (John 5; Luke 24). Here are how two separate narratives become one in Jesus. Sacrifices, the Only and the First Born: Stories Foretelling Jesus 1. God provided the sacrifice to save the only begotten son (Genesis 22; […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Why Are We Told the Story of Jael? There is only one woman in the Bible who directly killed a man. Her name was Jael. She hammered a tentpeg into the skull of Sisera (Judges 4). Why are we told this story? Considering she is the only woman in the Bible to have killed a […]