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PHall | April 28, 2023
Forty years ago today, I said my vows to the wrong person. The vows were good – “I take Janet to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health” – I just shouldn’t have […]
PHall | March 8, 2023
Genesis 1 is about God participating within creation although separate from creation. Only by being outside of the material world could he create it. As we know, God’s world functions according to its form, such as every living thing reproducing “according to their kinds” (Gen.1:21,24,25). Then God participates in this reproduction pattern. God is “reproducing” […]
PHall | February 1, 2023
For those who believe that Adam’s headship did not exist prior to the fall, please consider the following questions: 1. Who did the serpent talk to? Eve. 2. Who decided the fruit was good to eat? Eve. 3. Who decided the fruit was pleasant to look at? Eve. 4. Who decided the forbidden fruit was […]
PHall | January 24, 2023
Let’s Pretend We Are Noah Here’s an old story with old lessons that needs to be learned anew again. For the sake of effect, let’s pretend we are Noah. (None of the ME statements are actually said by Noah, but do illustrate how some modern “Christians” appear to think via their actions) GOD: “Then God […]
PHall | January 24, 2023
The word “serpent” in Hebrew only occurs in two places within Genesis – the Garden of Eden narrative (3:1,2,4,13,14) and the “blessing” of Jacob upon Dan (49:17). The Hebrew word for “heel” is used in both passages also. As always, “bookends” interest me. It makes me wonder if the serpent narrative from Genesis 3 is […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
Jesus’s Edenic Birth Luke records Jesus’s birth with two peculiarities: 1) It includes a manger, implying a stable and animals; 2) It includes shepherds being honored by angels announcing Jesus’s birth followed by them visiting. Since nothing included within holy writ is by accident or without purpose, I am forced to ask “Why these details?” […]
PHall | January 4, 2023
It’s Cold Outside Did you know that this cold weather fulfills biblical prophecy? “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.” (CSB’17 Genesis 8:22) If we organize this verse, I think it hints at something worth considering: A – TIME: As […]
PHall | December 21, 2022
Parenting Strategy: Natural Consequences Parenting methods include disciplining children. One positive strategy is called “natural consequences”. This is when the punishment fits the “crime”, so to speak. Let’s define natural consequences in two different ways: 1. Natural consequences are things that happen automatically as a result of a child’s action or inaction without any purposeful […]
PHall | November 30, 2022
We Don’t Sing Praises to Eve It is thought to be a first century hymn so beloved, challenging, and theologically expressive that Paul, via inspiration, included it in his epistle to the Philippians. It would be like us including the words of Amazing Grace in a letter or sermon today. But what I am writing […]
PHall | November 30, 2022
A Great Society This civilization was known for its architecture, musicians, and tool making. These are advancements still admired today. The imagination needed for such endeavors had to be high. Sounds like a great society. Contrasted to this society is another where none of these accomplishments are mentioned. Were they absent, not emphasized, or just […]