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PHall | November 18, 2025
Difference Between Judaism and Christianity? An Orthodox Jew was interviewing a well-known “Christian Pastor”. The Jewish man stated, “other than a certain story”…. This sounded personally and painfully vague on his part, but some Jews refuse to say Jesus’s name because of Exodus 23:13: “Make no mention of the name of other Gods”. Back to […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
An Old Story Made New Again Do you remember this true event? Deity descended resulting in fire, speaking, loud sounds, crowd reacting to the sounds, water, and a promise received? This is the story of Israel at Mt. Sinai (Exodus 19), before crossing through the Jordan, to reach the Promised Land. There is a belief […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Loving God Means Loving My Wife In answering what is the greatest commandment (Matthew 22:34–40, Mark 12:28–34, and Luke 10:25–28): 1. Jesus DOES NOT say, “Love God with your heart, soul, strength, and mind”. 2. Again, Jesus DOES NOT say, “Love God with ALL your heart, soul, strength, and mind”. 3. However, Jesus DOES SAY, […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
A Wheelchair Conversation While I was pushing her wheelchair, I was speaking to an elderly widow in an assisted living facility. She told me that her husband had been an evangelist in Tanzania, plus he was a preacher and an elder a various times at local congregations. I responded, “God needs people like that”. Then […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
We Are Not the King Read again the parable of the unrighteous servant in Matthew 18. If we think it is about how we should forgive because God forgives us, we missed Jesus’s point. Read it again and focus on the rights of the king that we do not have, such as insisting on being […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
An Atheist’s Creedal Formulation Because atheism demands only a material reality, an appropriate creedal formulation for atheists according to Steve Kumar, is: There is no God There is no objective Truth There is no ground for Reason There are no absolute Morals There is no ultimate Value There is no ultimate Meaning There is no […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Baptism BECAUSE of Forgiveness? Scripture best interprets Scripture. When Peter told the crowd to be “baptized FOR the forgiveness of sins”, did Peter mean “BECAUSE of forgiveness” or “INTO forgiveness”? Did Peter mean baptism comes AFTER or BEFORE forgiveness of sins? Since Scripture best interprets Scripture, we do not need to go any further than […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
What If Atheists Are Right About the Beginning of the Universe? As to the beginning of our universe, I am aware of at least two atheistic positions. This becomes for atheists an either-or proposition: 1. Either you believe that matter came from non-matter – that is something came from nothing. 2. Or, that matter has […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Every Worldview strives to answer three questions: 1. What is the nature of reality (Metaphysics). 2. How ought we to behave (Ethics). 3. How do we know (Epistemology). Jesus is our Worldview! 1. Reality – John 1:3 – All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has […]