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PHall | October 19, 2015
Both Cain and Abel offered bloody sacrifices. Abel offered a sacrifice from his flock to his God. Cain, when he brutally murdered his brother, offered a sacrifice from God’s flock to his god, Satan: “Cain was of the evil one and slaughtered his brother” (1 John 3:12). The lesson for us is we can be […]
PHall | October 19, 2015
Like music, the Bible has repeating patterns we must hear. Adam and Eve sin and are expelled from the Garden. King Saul sins and is expelled from his throne. Israel sins and is expelled from the land. And then comes the finale where the familiar theme is given a new twist: Jesus comes, doesn’t sin, […]
PHall | October 5, 2015
Why is it impossible for unbelievers to understand how a Christian can be against a sin, and yet love the sinner? First and as always, we believers must look at ourselves. Do we say “love” but act in hate? Do we preach against sin, but refuse to associate with sinners? Second, despite all the talk […]
PHall | October 1, 2015
There is a segment of people who love lists; who need lists. Preachers search to make lists to form “everyone’s” favorite type of sermon: A How To. Some search so hard they fail to see the list right in front of them. So if you like lists, Jude shows us how to build spiritual muscle […]
PHall | October 1, 2015
Jesus is a biological descendant of Terah, Abraham’s father. But Matthew does not go back to Terah; he starts with Abraham. The reason is Jesus is not a theological, spiritual, and covenant descendant of Terah, an idol worshipper. The covenant line begins with Abraham. Even those of us not biologically related to Terah and Abraham […]
PHall | September 23, 2015
Bond-servants. We are, to use a word common in many translations, bond-servants. Contrary to the way we sometimes act, this does not mean we have such a close bond with Jesus as best buddies. It means slave, one who has given up his will to another. So maybe we should give up the visuals of […]
PHall | September 23, 2015
If we could understand just one thing perfectly which would explain everything else, that one thing would be God. So when studying any part of the Bible, look for who and what God is. The devil is not the details; the details are about the Divine. That is why Jesus could say, “I desire mercy […]
PHall | September 6, 2015
John 11:1-12:3 – When seeing the chiastic structure of the resurrection of Lazarus we learn something surprising: the center is not the dramatic action scene of the resurrection of Lazarus; nor is it the emotionally dramatic scene of Jesus weeping. The center is not on what Jesus does; but on who Jesus is. The center is […]
PHall | September 4, 2015
In declaring the omnipotence of God, and the impotence of humans, Christian apologists often point out that God created everything out of nothing – ex nihilo. This is something humans cannot do. We always need a starting substance. God did, man cannot. Not to take away from the glory of ex nihilo, but God did […]
PHall | September 4, 2015
When speaking of sins of the flesh, Jude speaks quite picturesque of the false teachers who turned grace into licentiousness: “What they know by instinct like unreasonable animals – they destroy themselves with these things” (Jude 1:10). They destroyed themselves by their flesh. How many lives today are ruined or hampered by sex out of […]