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PHall | August 7, 2011
Search the Biblical history of the Jews and you discover that they believed without rationale, a self-told lie. This lie gave them false security despite it warping the character of God. Their lie turned God into a selfish, self-centered egomaniac. They persuaded themselves that God would not, could not,
PHall | February 13, 2011
Fear forgets the promises of God – “let us go to the other side” Fear foisters upon God an unsavory character – “don’t you care?” Fear finds what is not there and overlooks what is there – “what kind of man is this?”
PHall | January 17, 2011
Mark 1:10 NASB Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him; Mark 1:10 HCSB As soon as He came up out of the water, He saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending to Him like a dove. Mark 1:10 […]
PHall | December 6, 2010
John preached a “baptism of repentance” (Lk.3:3; Mk.1:4). This repentance is not something simply and solely theological or personal. It is spiritual and practical; it reaches out to all around us because God reached down to us. Repentance is not just in the heart or mind. Repentance is not just looking to our sinful past. […]
PHall | October 25, 2010
Some of you are sitting in the pews, but just barely. It’s possible you are here because you have a drug problem…your parents drug you to church. It’s possible you are here, but not all of you. I’m not saying you are not “all there,” but rather not all of you is, “all here.” Your […]
PHall | October 17, 2010
The most mystifying miracle in the Bible might be so unclear because the parabolic lesson of the miracle is not seen. What is so confusing is also what is so unique about this wonder and sign. Of all Jesus’ divine demonstrations, this is the only one apparently not instantaneously successful. It’s as if Jesus failed […]
PHall | May 18, 2010
The Gospel is not just words, parables, philosophies, or platitudes; although the gospel is told in all those forms. The gospel is flesh (John 1:14; Titus 2:11-14), lived in the flesh, suffered and triumphed in the flesh; the purpose to be ultimately imitated by us in our flesh. That is the real transforming power of […]
PHall | February 14, 2010
The Bible is not a fictional play, but I sometimes wish it were. No I am not wishing it to be inauthentic so that I may excuse my behavior and do as I please. What I mean is that man-made scripts often “set the scene.” Scripts give written instruction for how the lines are to […]
PHall | December 1, 2009
Listed below are the miracles of the Great Physician, Jesus, as recorded in Scripture. Being God incarnate, He performed innumerably more: John 21:25 – And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would […]
PHall | October 31, 2009
Were Jesus’ statements concerning marriage, divorce and remarriage in Matthew 5; Matthew 19; Mark 10 and Luke 16 new law for the New Testament age or a clarification of the Old Testament teachings? That was a question recently asked, and I cannot answer it…because neither choice would be a correct answer. What Jesus taught about […]