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PHall | September 1, 2018
Imagine the richest man in history promising to bequeath you a beaucoup of riches. At the reading of the will you discover the chauffeur and kitchen help are now equal in inheritance with the sons. Imagining is unnecessary because this is the counter-cultural Galatians 3:26-29. Contextually, prior to this is a contrast to the promises […]
PHall | July 17, 2018
Some Christians loved Paul so much they would have torn out their eyes and given them to Paul (Galatians 4:15). False teachers got to them and Paul became their enemy (Galatians 4:16). Some enemies of the truth hated Paul. This led to drastic measures on their part, even stoning Paul leaving him for dead (Acts […]
PHall | June 29, 2018
People will believe what they want to believe. We are that weak, and that should scare us. For proof of this, let’s look at history to see how messed up people can be while claiming to use the Bible. And I mean really messed up! There was a heretical “Christian” sect called the Cainites. A […]
PHall | September 13, 2016
I love pistachios. Every once in a while, in a bag of pistachios, I get one that isn’t partially open. It is so closed I can’t crack it open. So I throw it away. We are like this to God. Our hearts can’t be totally closed. We aren’t useful to God unless He can crack […]
PHall | August 13, 2014
Been ruminating on what is or are the differences between walking after law versus walking after the Spirit (Galatians). Or, what is or are the major differences between the covenant written in stone and that written on the heart (2 Corinthians). For example, both are ethically equal in many commandments – do not murder, do […]
PHall | March 30, 2014
I took my car to the mechanic and he said “I can fix your car.” I asked him, “What is the problem?” He responded, “All cars have problems, and need fixing.” Well, duh, but “What is the problem with mine? Did I cause it? Is there something I could do so as to not ruin […]
PHall | October 10, 2013
Sanctification is something every “religious” person wants, and because of that we often contrive ways opposite of God’s to achieve it. Many of Paul’s epistles are reactions to false sanctification. Freedom in Galatians is a difficult concept to understand because freedom is often misconstrued which even the Galatians did. “Do not use your freedom for….” […]
PHall | July 24, 2013
I keep noticing I am not as scholarly as others. For example, Galatians has been called “The Magna Charta of spiritual emancipation.” That sure sounds more scholarly than my description of Galatians – “The Cliff Notes Version of Romans.” Galatians is as biographical as Paul’s conversion and ministry in Acts; as personal in his defense […]
PHall | January 7, 2013
Galatians 6:2 (HCSB) Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 1 Corinthians 9:21 (HCSB) To those who are without that law, like one without the law — not being without God’s law but within Christ’s law — to win those without the law.
PHall | December 2, 2010
There are only two covenants in contrast to the many covenants when contextually the topic is one replacing the other. The Noahaic covenant (Gen.6) was not replaced by the “New Covenant” (Heb.8), and therefore would not be considered ‘the first covenant” although it came first temporally. The language would be comparable to the second coming (Heb.9) not contextually related to the […]