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PHall | November 3, 2009
Christianity is unique among world religions for some very essential reasons, such as the concept of grace. In pagan religions, the gods had to be pacified and placated as enemies of the people. The true God does not count Himself as our enemy, but we are His when we act out in our rebellious ways. […]
PHall | October 31, 2009
I like reading biblical genealogies – they make for quick reading! The eyes just skim over names that the tongue would stumble over, so why slow down? The mind prepares itself for some numbing reading, eyes glaze over, brain disengaged…. Then bam! The brain kicks in because the eyes saw something other than just a […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
It is a wise hermeneutical practice when trying to understand difficult passages to: Focus first on the context. Interpret difficult passages by easier passages. Interpret in light of examples. For example, when looking at this passage about it being impossible to restore, we only need to look at overall context of chapters 5-6 in Hebrews, […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
Notice how there are six individual teachings that can be combined into three sets of two: Repentance from dead works – Faith toward God; Instruction about washings – Laying on of hands; Resurrection from the dead – Eternal Judgment 1. What are they? Repentance from dead works – What does this phrase, “dead works,” mean? […]
PHall | October 15, 2009
“The evolution of God” is both a modern and ancient blasphemy. Both primitive societies and those supposedly intellectually advanced and therefore superior, share in common the flaw where they “suppress the truth” (Romans 1:18) and become “futile in their speculations” (Romans 1:21). Both ancients and moderns professing to be wise, … became fools (Romans 1:22). […]
PHall | October 12, 2009
Prison – not a pleasant subject, but nevertheless still a former or current reality for some believers. Others – never imprisoned – should have been, but escaped their proper penalty due to either God’s gracious attention or man’s negligent inattention. Most, if not all, of us are nevertheless in prison – and that is the […]
PHall | October 9, 2009
We need to stop growing as a congregation. Growing is too dangerous. Too many problems brought on by too many people, too many different people. Growth destroys the status quo, forces us to confront our comfort zones, brings in new and different people with new and different problems, enlarges the gaps between the mature and […]
PHall | October 9, 2009
Could it be that I have misunderstood Romans 5:7 all my adult life and that my previous misunderstanding unknowingly, but totally contradicts the plain teaching of Romans and even the entire Bible? Without wishing to sound hyperbolic, I believe it is borderline blasphemous how I used to interpret Romans 5:7. Is your interest now piqued? […]
PHall | October 7, 2009
Paul’s Writing Style (James MacKnight, MacKnight on the Epistles, pp.26-27) 1. “In the first place, a concise unadorned style in preaching and writing, though accompanied with some obscurity, was, in the apostle’s situation, preferable to the clear and elegant manner of writing practiced by the Grecian orators… (1 Corinthians 1:17; 2:4).” 2. “In the […]
PHall | October 5, 2009
Lots and lots of rain has deluged us of late. Truth be told, the rain has been needed, even if it has been hard. So I thought I would go down memory lane and take you along for the ride. Prayerfully the memory will turn into remembering. In times past, my children and I would […]