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PHall | April 26, 2012
Circulating the internet is the following: “’Let’s eat, Grandma.’ ‘Let’s eat Grandma.’ Punctuation saves lives.” Ah, the power of a comma! While the most abused of all punctuation, apparently it has the power to save lives. Here’s a Biblical example of such grammatical chicanery. Change the punctuation and we have a command to steal: Ephesians […]
PHall | April 26, 2012
Don’t you wish a little sin irritated us as much as does a little splinter? Now imagine that splinter in your eye. Matthew 7:3 uses the word speck which is a small piece of wood or straw to apply what is found within an eye. I imagine such was common for a carpenter. I pray […]
PHall | April 26, 2012
I grew up in an atmosphere that focused more on what churches cannot do, than on what a church can do, should be doing, must be busy doing, and actually did. James 1:27 was not preached on except on how not to apply it. Speaking analogously, gardens are never planted by only pulling weeds. Negatively […]
PHall | April 19, 2012
The Wooden Cross Rule – Do unto to others as Jesus Christ has done unto you.
PHall | April 19, 2012
On the 6th day of the week, God in the flesh said “It is finished” and on the 7th day rested from His work of New Creation. And on the 1st day of the week there was Light.
PHall | April 19, 2012
When Jesus says to the Jews, “I am the Lord of the Sabbath;” He is claiming, “I am your God who made the Sabbath.” Claims to Deity are not always direct, and whether you consider this to be a direct or indirect claim, the result is the same. There is only one way Jesus could […]
PHall | April 15, 2012
How are proverbs and parables similar? Both are short and memorable (which is part of their teaching power). Both use human situations to teach divine wisdom – earthly stories and situations with heavenly meanings. Both used existing and accepted ways of teaching but raised them to a new level – neither Solomon nor Jesus invented […]
PHall | April 14, 2012
It is easy to hold in contempt those who hold you in contempt. It is easy to disregard those disregarding you. It is easy to gossip about those gossiping about you. It is easy to ignore those ignoring you. It is easy spite those who spite you. It is easy get angry at those angry […]
PHall | April 2, 2012
The argument for “these” being the other apostles would be in my mind that arguments among the apostles as to who was the greatest, and Peter’s affirmation that even if all others failed Jesus, he never would. The argument for this would be that if Jesus did ask this, then he would have been shaming […]
PHall | March 30, 2012
Victims cannot forgive or else they lose their identity as a victim. Forgivers cannot be victims even when victimized because their identity is not based upon what others do to them, but what God has done for them. Victims never heal, living only in the past, living a life of hurt and hate. Forgivers are […]