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PHall | June 6, 2013
God by grace used water to separate Noah from judgment. God by grace used water to separate Israel from slavery. God by grace used water as an entrance for Israel to the Promised Land. God by grace used water to purify priests. To paraphrase Paul, “Why is it considered incredible by any of you that […]
PHall | June 3, 2013
If the gospel is both the historical facts and the message preached, both a life lived and a life to be lived; and if the gospel in history is founded by absolute truth in how we are saved, then the gospel preached must also be founded in absolute truth in how we are saved. If […]
PHall | June 3, 2013
You’ve never done enough if you haven’t prayed; you’ve never done enough until you’ve prayed; you’ve never done too much if you haven’t prayed; you can do too much without praying; you can never do too much praying.
PHall | June 3, 2013
What never ceases to amaze me about preaching the word of God after praying to God on what to preach, is how often unexpected people tell me how personally needed and meaningful the sermon was to them. The longer I preach the more I realize that the preacher is the least important part of the […]
PHall | May 31, 2013
“Saved by faith” (Part 2) – We are saved by faith and cannot be saved by obedience because no one obeys perfectly. True, but does anyone have perfect faith? No. “Lord, I believe, help my unbelief” (Mark 9:24). So yes we are saved by faith, even saved by obedience, meaning saved by the obedience of […]
PHall | May 30, 2013
“Saved by faith” means saved by Christ’s sacrificial perfection and not by our doctrinal perfection. “Saved by faith” means saved by trusting God’s promises and not by trusting our actions. “Saved by faith” means the worst of us can be saved while the best of us can be lost. “Saved by faith” is open to […]
PHall | May 30, 2013
Although there is not scholarly consensus, and contrary to my previous conclusion, I now consider Hezekiah’s illness to be during the Assyrian siege, and not after the Deliverance of Jerusalem. When praying for his personal recovery, God’s answer is, “I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; I […]
PHall | May 30, 2013
American soldiers died so we can live as we freely please. The Son of God freely died so we can live as God pleases. The word solider means to serve with pay, going back to the Latin solidus, a Roman gold coin. Jesus died by the Romans and Jews to be our payment, more precious […]
PHall | May 30, 2013
Few want to be saved like the Rich Young Ruler before the cross (Mark 10:17-22); Many want to be saved like the thief on the cross (Luke 23:40-43); All can be saved by believing and being baptized like Jesus said after the cross (Mark 16:16).
PHall | May 23, 2013
A dear old lady at church when I was a teenager would always have a smile and encouraging word. She couldn’t hear, but loved coming. One day they discovered part of the hearing problem was about 8 feet of built up earwax. That might be a slight exaggeration. Once removed, the smile was even bigger! […]