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PHall | January 5, 2010
Instead of translating sarx as “flesh” some translations choose to generalize the meaning to “man” (BBE); “people” (CEV); “human being” (ESV; NRSV); “no one” (NIV) and such. But doing so removes the nuances of the word “flesh” spread throughout Romans. Flesh refers to more than just being human. It echoes the argument concerning circumcision, and […]
PHall | January 2, 2010
My ancestors were slaves. Taken from their home country, they were delivered to their new master. Their children became slaves, and their children’s children became slaves. I am white. No, the few words above are not about white slavery, or black slavery, or any other kind of racial or nationalistic slavery. The few words above […]
PHall | December 18, 2009
Blunt sins require blunt responses. Read with that awareness in mind. But blunt sins require the kindness of God and grace as do all sins (Romans 2:4). Let’s keep that in mind too. Let’s ask some questions that are designed to make us think. Are people genetically born homosexual? Then if one identical twin is […]
PHall | December 15, 2009
If studying Romans does not spiritually challenge and change us, then either we have already spiritually arrived, or else we are not truly studying Romans.
PHall | December 15, 2009
I. RELY ON GOD’S TIMING Acts 16:9-10 NASB A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and appealing to him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” (10) When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us […]
PHall | December 12, 2009
The first sin is every sin. Satan tempted Eve with the pride of life, plus the lusts of the flesh and eyes (1 John 2:16). That is how the story is often told. Now let’s retell the story of Adam and Eve learning once again, and hopefully once for all, that the first sin is […]
PHall | December 7, 2009
Anyone familiar with the English language knows what a mixed up language it is. The reason is both historical and linguistic. Historically we are a nation built upon immigration. Linguisticly American-English absorbed and continues to absorb words from a variety of languages, melting them into an American alphabet soup. American-English is not a pure […]
PHall | December 2, 2009
Romans 1:16-17 NASB For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. (17) For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man […]
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 | December 1, 2009
A sound becomes a noise based upon our connection to that sound. I walked outside and heard leaves gently falling to the ground, making a crinkling sound. And I thought of God. And thinking of God brought peace. Then in the distance I heard the sounds of man – motors rumbling down the road. And […]