PHall | December 19, 2024
Hell Is Not Our Home Hell can never be home for lost people because it was created for Satan and his angels (Matthew 25:41), not for us. When a person is saved, they get to go home to be with God since God created us to be together with Him – we dwell with God […]
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PHall | March 18, 2024
A New Bible Manuscript: Americanicus Recently a new manuscript has been discovered which can be added to the Sinaiticus and Vanticanus. It reads very much the same but does have a few major differences: Matthew 18:7 – Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but […]
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PHall | March 1, 2024
What is the Baptism of Fire (Matthew 3)? A1 – JOHN’S BAPTISM FOR SINS: 5) At that time Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the region around the Jordan; 6) and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins. B1 – WARNING – […]
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PHall | September 6, 2023
The Beatitudes Backwards and Forwards Being persecuted for the sake of righteousness (Matthew5:10-12) will make you pursue peace ‐ but which kind? 1. Peace from the persecutors? Becoming weary can do this. 2. Peace from Jesus who likewise was persecuted? Becoming more like Jesus ends our emotional weariness and gives us strength. But only when […]
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PHall | May 3, 2023
A totem pole here in Alaska had a surprising depiction – a bearded man with a cross on his cloak carrying a rifle. It was explained to me that totems were historical records. The rifle-wielding man was Russian Orthodox, here in Alaska to convert the Natives. The irony is, I too am here to evangelize. […]
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PHall | May 3, 2023
I heard an argument that because of the “curse” in Genesis 3, it is possible that post-creation there are more than two genders or sexes. Here’s the number one argument against that – Jesus, when answering a question thousands of years after sin entered the world, applied a pre-curse statement from scripture to cover […]
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PHall | February 10, 2023
The Golden Rule Doesn’t Mean What We Think “Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (CSB’17 Matthew 7:12) I am horrible at buying gifts. Part of that inadequacy is me not paying enough attention to get to know others. […]
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PHall | February 10, 2023
Was Jesus Including You in the Golden Rule? The answer to this question is a LOUD, “YOU BETCHA!” The way some act, they appear exempt or else they have a severe personality defect. Here’s what I mean…. 1. You would think some enjoy public pain and humiliation. They beam with glee when they “comfort the […]
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PHall | February 7, 2023
A Second Golden Rule “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Matthew 7:12). This is a common phrasing of the Golden Rule. This is another way of phrasing the 2nd Great Command – “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39). Both are expressions of the Law and Prophets. That means both […]
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PHall | February 7, 2023
Don’t Be a Victim The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew5-7), in modern lingo, teaches these two counterculture concepts: 1. Suffering doesn’t make you a victim when you find your blessing from God and not circumstances. 2. Victimizing others doesn’t make you powerful when your victims refuse to get their dignity through your oppressive eyes. Check […]
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