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PHall | March 1, 2024
What Is Peter’s Favorite OT Story and Why? Peter’s favorite O.T. story is….? If we read his epistles, one OT story is recounted 3 times: 1 Peter 3:20, 2 Peter 2:5 and 3:5-6. This OT narrative is only mentioned 6 times in the NT (Matthew 24:37–39, Luke 17:26–27, 1 Peter 3:20, 2 Peter 2:5, 2 […]
PHall | August 25, 2022
Modern American religious thinking has been affected by Eastern religious thinking. An example is that two things that contradict each other can both be true. Notice how this is found in modern religious arguments. If you try to tell liberated thinkers they are wrong, they will argue, “That’s just your opinion because all interpretation […]
PHall | December 8, 2021
It’s Not the Difficult Scriptures that Bother Me It’s not the things God says which we don’t understand that cause us the most trouble: 1. It’s the things God says we understand, but don’t like; so we change them. Too many change God’s word instead of allowing God’s word to change them. 2. It’s the […]
PHall | October 7, 2021
Go to school, especially a humanities class in college, and you will hear the Bible ridiculed. A professor might even ask, “Why do believe in God?” Or, “Why do you think the Bible can be trusted as your authority?” Bluntly put, “Why are you a Christian?” Before giving your answer, listen to Peter’s rebuttal to […]
PHall | September 15, 2018
Why are there hurricanes and other natural disasters? From a scientific point of view, you’ll have to ask someone else. From a spiritual perspective, the bible teaches we live in a cursed world (Gen.3; Rom.8). Mankind, both male and female, were given rule over the earth (Gen.1). Instead of taking care of the garden, they […]
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 | January 27, 2018
Some want Jesus as their Savior but not their Lord because Lords must be obeyed. Others want Jesus as their Lord but not their Savior because only “others” need saving and they need just enough grace to finish what they lack. We tend to segment our relationship with God based on part of revelation. Some […]
PHall | July 3, 2015
Outline A – Promise of the Lord – Present Heavens and Earth (3:7-9) B – The Day of the Lord – Heavens and Elements Dissolved (3:10) C – How We Should Live in Present Heavens and Earth (3:11) B’ – The Day of the God – Heavens and Elements Dissolved (3:12) A’ – Promise of […]
PHall | July 3, 2015
If the theme of 2 Peter is “make every effort to confirm your calling and election (1:10),” which is our part; then that fits in with the chiastic middle which is God is able to rescue the godly (2:4-10a), which is God’s part. A – Peter Teaching Knowledge (1:1-2) B – Make Every Effort to […]
PHall | June 10, 2015
You Are What You Do 2 Peter 3:3 “Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff (2 Pet.3:3).” Scoffers will scoff and mockers will mock. People are named after what they do. A carpenter does carpentry. Teachers teach. Lawyers practice law. Years ago last names were based upon occupations. My last name, “Hall,” comes […]