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PHall | September 11, 2011
As we continually focus on the three time periods of the stories within 2 Samuel (when it happened, when written, and when read), let us in this section focus on when 2 Samuel 11-12 is written so we can see the main emphasis of the writer. We do this by noticing his chiastic structure which […]
PHall | July 26, 2011
Did you ever notice that what David did to Uriah (2 Sam.11.14-17), Saul tried to do to him? (1 Sam.18.25). Makes me wonder how common this practice was among kings. Death by proxy.
PHall | March 18, 2011
Grace is written on every page of the Bible. But blood is not. Grace is written in ways that blood does not need. The very breath we take is grace. God’s word breathed out through the Holy Spirit is grace. The breath Jesus exhaled declaring “it is finished” is grace. And God’s waiting breath, waiting […]
PHall | November 22, 2009
2 Samuel 11:2 – Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance. The common interpretation has Bathsheba lacking in modesty because she was bathing in the open, […]
PHall | October 5, 2009
Is it right or wrong to (you fill in the blank)? That’s a good question, always. In fact it needs to be asked more, as individual Christians, families of God, and churches of Christ. In Numbers 1:2, God commands Moses to number the people. There are several occasions in the Bible where God’s people are […]