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PHall | May 12, 2020
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PHall | April 28, 2020
Anyone who knows “the birds and the bees” knows a stork doesn’t bring babies. That’s not how babies are born. Such “common sense” explains why skeptics, and even some claiming to be Christians, have problems accepting the virgin birth of Jesus. Martin Luther King Jr, whom I respect as a Civil Rights leader, didn’t believe […]
PHall | April 27, 2020
I imagine Peter feeling quite generous of heart, by doubling the times the rabbis had said to forgive based on Amos 1:6, and adding an extra for good measure. Peter asks, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? As many as seven times?” Can you picture the […]
PHall | April 23, 2020
“If you think the Law of Moses was tough, wait until you hear what I got to say!” I used to read the Sermon on the Mount with that trepidation. “If you even think something wrong, then you’re going to hell!” I soon learned Jesus is doing what Pharisees didn’t. He is teaching how not […]
PHall | April 22, 2020
The Golden Rule is known more than applied (Mt.7:12). That’s as much a self-judgment as observation. I would like to take a different angle which might help.Instead doing to others as you would have them do to you, try this: Do to others what you already do for yourself. That is taught elsewhere such as […]
PHall | April 20, 2020
A woman was the first witness (John 20). She was the first to tell of the good news. Christian Apologists see this as significant, since women were not considered reliable witnesses. Egalitarians see this as significant, calling this woman, the first “evangelist.” Complementarians also see this as significant, but not with the application made by […]