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PHall | September 24, 2024
Read Ephesians and there are many statements of oneness and unity. However there is one theme we should notice. 1. The church is Christ’s body (1:22-23). 2. Both groups are one new man (i.e., a man has or is a body) (2:15). 3. Both groups are reconciled in one body (2:16). 4. Members of the […]
PHall | March 18, 2024
What Comes Out Our Mouths What’s the first thing to come out of your mouth if, while holding a nail, you hit your thumb with a hammer? 1. Cuss words? 2. Name calling (i.e., “Perry, you’re such a clumsy idiot!”)? 3. Shifting Blame to others (i.e., “You must have given me a bad nail!”)? 4. […]
PHall | January 3, 2024
The structure of Ephesians 5:22-33 is fairly simple. It goes back and forth between the physical and spiritual. Whether this is a chiasm, or something else, I don’t know. But for those who learn from how texts are structured, enjoy and if necessary correct. A – PHYSICAL – HUSBAND IS HEAD: Wives, be subject to […]
PHall | November 25, 2023
The structure of Ephesians 5:22-33 is fairly simple. It goes back and forth between the physical and spiritual. Whether this is a chiasm, or something else, I don’t know. But for those who learn from how texts are structured, enjoy and if necessary correct. A – PHYSICAL – HUSBAND IS HEAD: Wives, be subject […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
Ephesians 5:32 (CSB) This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church. Marriage was planned to foreshadow the Christ-Church relationship from the beginning: 1. Two men were put to “sleep” 2. Two men were put to “sleep” on the 6th day. 3. Two men had their sides torn open. 4. […]
PHall | February 1, 2023
Getting Drunk in Church? Getting drunk in church? Well, maybe not drunk, but close to that yet completely different. Before Paul encourages singing (Ephesians 5:19), he has a lead-in statement: “And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). Instead of filling up with alcohol, […]
PHall | November 30, 2022
We Don’t Fail Because Others Are Too Strong “Never blame your failure on the strength of another”. I do not know the origin of the quote, but the idea is biblical. Manhood (and womanhood) does not make excuses. Real men accept responsibility. Our failures are ours to own. If we fail, it is not because […]
PHall | August 27, 2022
Do You Want Eden? Eden is gone, but the true meaning of that garden is available to all. Notice this pattern: First, God in the garden of Eden. • “And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid […]
PHall | June 21, 2022
What’s the first thing to come out of your mouth if, while holding a nail, you hit your thumb with a hammer? Cuss words?2. Name calling (i.e., “Perry, you’re such a clumsy idiot!”)?3. Shifting Blame to others (i.e., “You must have given me a bad nail!”)?4. Shifting Blame to things (i.e., “There must be something […]
PHall | April 6, 2022
In Everything? I have a problem with this text. I’ve struggled to explain it, without explaining it away, without weakening it, apparently not understanding it. I’ve resorted to resolving it by going to other passages, such as, “Obey God rather than man” so that “everything” doesn’t include sinful things. I’ve spent more time explaining what […]