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PHall | July 15, 2023
“That’s not fair”. It is hard to not feel that the punishment from God dealt to the young prophet was a raw deal (1 Kings 13). 1. God told the young prophet not to eat, so he didn’t. 2. The old prophet lied to the young prophet saying God told him he could eat. 3. […]
PHall | April 29, 2020
PHall | March 16, 2019
While numbers aren’t everything, they can tell a story. 90 feet long vs 150 feet. 30 feet wide vs 75 feet. 45 feet high vs 45 feet. 7 years vs 13 years. The first numbers describe the temple built by Solomon (1 Kings 6:1-3,37). The second describe his own house (1 Kings 7:1-2). Now no […]
PHall | May 31, 2014
1 Kings 2:2 – “Show yourself a man” – that command proves several important points: • Being a real man is Positive – It is a goal worth reaching. • Being a real man is Possible – It is a goal that is reachable. • Being a real man is Perceivable – I can understand […]
PHall | March 5, 2014
Both were warned of defeat (1 Kgs. 22:17; 2 Chon.35:21) Both ignored the warning (1 Kgs.22:29; 2 Chron.35:22) Both disguised themselves in battle (1 Kgs.22:30; 2 Chron.35:22) Both shot with a random arrow (1 Kgs.22:34; 2 Chron.35:23) Both asked to be taken away from the battle (1 Kgs.22:34; 2 Chron.35:23) Both died after the battle […]
PHall | January 4, 2014
Everyone wants to stand on top of the mountain of triumph. No one wants to slide down into the valley of depression. But with every mountain, there is a valley. One of God’s greatest prophets, a man equal in the Jewish mind to Moses, one who appears to Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration, is […]
PHall | January 3, 2014
One of the most famous American droughts was the Dust Bowl from 1931 to 1939. In 2012, 42% of the country experienced severe, extreme or exceptional drought, the largest such percentage since the mid-1950s. The 2002 drought in Colorado brought the lowest water flow that the state had seen in 300 years. The 1988 North […]
PHall | January 2, 2014
Before the Battles of the Bulge, Iwo Jima or Normandy; before Gettysburg, Antietam or Shiloh; there was another famous battle, not between armies, or nations. It was a battle between Gods: Baal and Yahweh. The false god, Baal, had the One True God, Yahweh, outnumbered. Baal has 450 prophets. How many does Yahweh have? One. […]
PHall | January 2, 2014
It has taken untold number of years, and untold deaths, to reach the beginning. The first resurrection story actually contains two resurrection stories – one literal, and the other foreshadowing it through symbolic means…and maybe even a third, and a fourth. Ahab is the wickedest king of the Northern Kingdom. Hence, the people are cursed […]
PHall | December 14, 2013
There is grace on every page of the Bible. Jeroboam is such an example. While all sinners do not deserve grace, we still need to examine “the sin of Jeroboam.” That phrase will describe king after king in the Northern Kingdom of Israel; and haunt them into destruction and Assyrian Captivity. And yet, God showed […]