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PHall | November 12, 2020
Finding chiasms is not an exact science of simply finding repeated words in opposite sections. This makes it more confusing and people doubt it veracity thinking all the different chiastic structures show there actually is no chiastic structure. Chiasms involve word repetition, but is also an art. The first example listed below follows strictly the […]
PHall | September 9, 2020
When no one got up to wash one another’s feet, and Jesus got up to wash the disciples feet, no one got up to stop or replace him. Yes, Peter objected to Jesus washing his feet. But Peter didn’t offer to wash Jesus’ feet…still. No one offered to wash their friends’ feet…still. They would rather […]
PHall | August 29, 2020
If we are too busy trying to change what people believe, to be changed into Who we believe, then we are either a “Left Wing” or “Right Wing” Pharisee. If we go from “only this way” to “any way”, but have in no way been changed inwardly from above, then went to a “Left Wing” […]
PHall | August 21, 2020
“because our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with full assurance….” (CSB’17 1 Thessalonians 1:5). God’s good news came in: words (but more than human words), power, the Holy Spirit, and assurance. God’s speakers repeat God’s words, with God providing divine power, the […]
PHall | August 21, 2020
Offended vs. ThankfulWhen I go to a restaurant, often I ask for a gluten-free menu or look for marked options on the regular menu. Sometimes I have to look at an allergy menu which is far more info than I want or need! If they have a gluten-free hamburger bun then I’m in West Virginia […]
PHall | August 3, 2020
We have all had it happen to us. For some inexplicable reason, we tangibly “feel” that which has no texture and no form. Never does it touch us, and yet inexplicably we can “feel” it. It’s presence is so powerful, amazingly it can wake us from a sound sleep minus any noise, nor even a […]
PHall | July 31, 2020
Around us are things and people we have become so accustomed to, that we stop noticing – and others have stopped paying attention to us. I’ve learned I also do that with the opening lines of biblical letters: “Let’s ignore that and get to the good stuff”. What’s so important about the introductions? People! People […]
PHall | July 31, 2020
“Yo. Sup. What up. Hey. Hello. How are you. Grace. Peace.”Our society is so divided that “cultural appropriation” is considered a cardinal sin, theft even, and racist. A different approach to cultural appropriation is seen in the many introductions of Paul in his epistles. This includes 1 Thessalonians 1:1. Greeting someone by saying “Grace” was […]
PHall | July 28, 2020
PHall | July 25, 2020
A Jew, a Gentile, and a mixed-race man walk into a…. This is not the start of a joke, but it is the start of a messianic movement. Because of Jesus (who was Jewish), Paul (Jew), Luke (Gentile), and Timothy (Greek and Jewish therefore mixed), walked and worked together, going into places to teach the […]