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PHall | May 9, 2014
Cain dismissively answers God, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Cain is sarcastically saying he isn’t responsible for Abel; he isn’t Abel’s baby sitter, although many years ago he might have been as the older brother. Such an attitude cautions us on how we answer and treat one another. In Iain Provan’s Seriously Dangerous Religion, he […]
PHall | January 28, 2014
Personally, I want both men and women to be in authority over men and women in the church. I want women to be elders and preachers. I don’t like subjection theology. However….If God had wanted women to be in roles of authority over men in the church, then God would have sent Jesus as a […]
PHall | December 5, 2013
By saying, “My sin is not as bad as your sin,” I become self-righteous. By saying, “If you don’t condemn my sin, I won’t condemn your sin” I become self-protective. By saying, “I can live in my sin, but you can’t live in yours,” I become hypocritical. By saying, “All sin is equal so I […]
PHall | October 16, 2013
1 Timothy 1:10 lists “kidnapping” as contrary to the gospel and law. Naturally I think of stealing kids, but the word literally means “men stealer,” and therefore could be translated as “slave trader.” Yet in this same letter Paul commands slaves to regard their own masters with respect, especially believing masters (6.1-2). The gospel condemns […]
PHall | October 16, 2013
Correct and contain you know who, those who teach different doctrines, false theology posing as truth, who preach people and pedigrees, and like to ask useless questions. Not all questions are profitable. God’s plan which operates by faith is profitable. Our goal is not controversy, but love from a pure hear, a good conscience and […]
PHall | October 10, 2013
1 English word; 2 Greek words; 2 Different Meanings: In 1 Timothy 2:2 we are to pray for those in authority. In 1 Timothy 2:12 women are not to have authority over a man. Same English word. In 1 Timothy 2:2 authority is huperoche and refers to dignity and preeminence. In 1 Timothy 2:12 authority […]
PHall | October 9, 2013
What was Paul before being saved? The NASB says, “violent aggressor” (1 Tim.1:13). That is a possible translation, but somewhat repetitive since Paul already confessed to being a persecutor. The HCSB reads, “an arrogant man” which is also possible since the Greek is hubizo (think hubris in English), but seems to focus on the damage […]
PHall | February 24, 2013
Blameless (3.10) in Character – honorable (3.8); not greedy (3.8) Blameless (3.10) in Behavior – not hypocritical (3.8); not addicted to wine (3.8) Blameless (3.10) in Family – husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently (3.12) Blameless (3.10) in Doctrine – hold the mystery of the faith with a clear […]
PHall | January 30, 2013
Because we both “see by association” and “hear by association,” our eyes and ears pick up parts and our brains fill in the rest by experience and familiarity. We can rightly “raed teh wrods” even when spelled incorrectly. Our brains can function on less than perfect information. This is the foundation of puns and things […]