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PHall | August 9, 2022
Kafka wrote, “A cage went in search of a bird”. What did he mean? That’s debatable, but despite what he meant if he meant anything, I see a meaning behind this paradoxical aphorism: Humans crave the absurd. A cage is a prison. Sennacherib called Hezekiah “a caged bird” after his siege that ended in failure […]
PHall | August 3, 2022
“Inspir-history” WARNING! I am about to make up a word! One reason I believe in inspiration – that the very words of the Bible are inspired – is because of “inspir-history”. Just as the words of the Bible are chosen by God, that same Bible shows God chosing to “inspire history” by breathing out His […]
PHall | August 2, 2022
The mysterious “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” (Genesis 2:9) has many secrets. One is, what kind of fruit? Tradition says “apple” but this is because the Latin for bad/evil and apple are homonyms and the Vulgate (a Latin translation) was at one time the most popular translation (Psst, the only fruit mentioned […]
PHall | August 1, 2022
It is possible to overstate the place of water within God’s workings, and it is possible to understate it as well. However, an honest approach to scripture shows how intricate water is to God’s involvement in His dealings with His created physical reality. It begins in the beginning. But before we go there, let’s […]
PHall | June 14, 2022
Proverbs 23:31-32 has a warning against drinking – “Don’t gaze at wine because it is red, because it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.” The wise man goes on and gives another warning in v.33 – “Your eyes will see […]
PHall | April 11, 2022
Anathema, Anathema! Paul is as mad at these false teachers as he is in any epistle, maybe and probably more. Why does Paul use such strong language as “anathema” (Galatians 1:8-9) which mean accursed or cursed? It is not an oft used word (Acts 23:14; Romans 9:3; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 16:22; Galatians 1:8-9). Not only […]
PHall | February 28, 2022
There’s a biblical story, narrative event if your prefer, that is shocking to the point it is almost unfathomable to believe it is true. I have no doubt it is because it is in the Bible; but skeptics wonder if it is hyperbole, exaggerated to make an etiological point. That point would be that Cain’s […]
PHall | February 22, 2022
The Trees of Life Warning! This is a tedious read, but if you endure, it will deepen your appreciation that the Bible is one story from many stories ultimately about Jesus. Did you know there is more than one Tree of Life? First, let’s look at the implications of the first Tree of Life mentioned […]
PHall | February 11, 2022
Too Good of a Citizen Godly courage and cultural contamination can exist within the same person. And both qualities can appear back to back as if in some seemingly simultaneous, “right” behavior. Lot’s putting himself in harm’s way, standing up to the crowd, both literally and verbally, is commendable and courageous. “Don’t do this evil” […]
PHall | February 11, 2022
Why We Need Eden “God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”” (CSB’17 Genesis 1:28) • Subdue – to subject, subdue, force, keep under, bring into bondage […]