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PHall | March 17, 2010
If an imperfect mind cannot explain the contradictions within the actions of those with likewise imperfect minds, what makes the imperfect mind think he can explain the pure actions of the perfect mind of God? The answer is that our imperfect minds cannot see the limitations of our own imperfect thinking. Too often we substitute […]
PHall | March 15, 2010
God created within us an innate need for love. It is as if he left within our psyches a self-awareness of our emptiness so that we can search out God to fill it with His love. It is up to us how we fill that need – with Him or with sin. But the search […]
PHall | March 14, 2010
How can we better handle stress? The answer is at the bottom. Verb tenses bring vitality to language and to life. Verb tenses stress the past, present, and future which converge upon us every day in choosing paths and building relationships. Knowing where we come from, who we are, and where we are going, are […]
PHall | March 14, 2010
Do you love surprises? For some of us, discovering before we are surprised that someone is trying to surprise us is more fun than being surprised itself. We get to surprise the givers of the surprise. When it comes to God, do we ever think of “surprises?” Undeniably, we worship “The God of Surprises.” The […]
PHall | March 13, 2010
This study is about finding grace in the most unexpected places. This lesson is about being surprised by grace. And maybe the biggest surprise of all, is that we can still be surprised. Our God is a God of grace and that means He is a God of surprises. The biggest surprise of all came […]
PHall | March 10, 2010
(9) that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; (10) for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. This might be the most easily recognized chiasm […]
PHall | March 10, 2010
I am not ashamed (1:16-17) – How beautiful are the feet (10:15); confess with mouth (10:9); confesses (10:10) The gospel (1:16) – glad tidings (10:15); ascend and descend (10:16-17); word of faith (10:8); preaching (10:8); Jesus as Lord (10:9); raised from the dead (10:9); Lord of all (10:12) Salvation (1:16) – their salvation (10:1); saved […]
PHall | March 9, 2010
The gospel reveals the righteousness of God (1:16-17) – The righteousness of God is manifested apart from the Law (lit., law) (3:21). The gospel reveals the righteousness of God (1:16-17) – The righteousness of God is manifested through faith in Jesus Christ (3:21-22) To everyone who believes (1:16) – for all those who believe (3:22) The […]
PHall | March 8, 2010
When reading the period of the Judges and Kings, one sad fact overwhelmingly – and even numbingly – is present: the draw of idolatry. How could God’s people, a nation dedicated to monotheism, not only falter and fall into idolatry, but repeatedly falter and fall?
PHall | March 3, 2010
God (Genesis 1:1, etc.) – (Romans 5:15, etc) Creation (Genesis 1:1) – (Romans 8:19) Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:2) – (Romans 7:6; 8:2,4,5,6,9,11,13,14,16,23,26) Water (Genesis 1:2) – (Romans 6:3-4) Good (Genesis 1:4,10,12,18,21,25,31) – (Romans 8:28) Bearing fruit (Genesis 1:11,28,29) – (Romans 7:4,5) Image (Genesis 1:26-27) – (Romans 8:3, 14,15,16,19,21,29)