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PHall | September 13, 2013
Paul’s inspired epistles often begin by describing Jesus and the gospel and end with practical applications. Today we usually go about it backwards. We first tell how to have harmony in a church or family, when people are not spiritually equipped. Instead, first tell them Who Jesus is, what He did, so we can become […]
PHall | August 21, 2013
“We do not deserve God’s love because of our sins” is almost a truism of Christianity. But is it a non-sequitur? True love is not based upon performance. So if we did deserve God’s love by not sinning, how could it be love? Love is neither deserved or undeserved. Love is unconditional because God is […]
PHall | July 16, 2013
As vast and seemingly infinite as the universe is; the mind of man is even more so for the universe has no self-awareness, but man is self-aware, aware of the universe, and even beyond. So if the universe declares God’s invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, and if this has been clearly seen […]
PHall | July 12, 2013
Most accept E = MC2 because Einstein said it, not because they understand it, having more faith in Einstein than themselves; yet they reject what God says because they do not understand it, having more faith in themselves than God.
PHall | June 17, 2013
When obedience is considered a work, it is contrary to grace because it seeks to establish its own righteousness. When obedience is considered submission, it is leads to grace, accepting the righteousness that comes from God. Faith is obedience because it is submitting to God to do what we cannot. We cannot live by doing […]
PHall | June 11, 2013
The Bible without the Jesus is God and Man; Holy and Unholy; Judge and Judged; Righteous and Condemned. The Bible with Jesus is God makes man like God; makes the unholy holy; saves the judged; and righteously pardons. Jesus does not get in between God’s wrath and man; Jesus is God’s love and is the […]
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 | 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 […]