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PHall | March 1, 2024
The First 5 of the 10 Commandments For those who like chiasms, this helps explain a few things. Unlike the Christian community, Jews combine what we consider the first two commands into one, making them the second command or as the Jews call these, “words” (instead of commands). Therefore the Jews see this list as […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
In reading the Genesis of man and woman being created out of dust and a rib, it is easy for the scholarly and skeptics to take the details metaphorically. While metaphors are not literal, literal details can have metaphor-like meanings. Genesis 2 shows Adam was given the charge to cultivate and protect the garden. […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
Why the Cross? It Is Fitting The Bible is interpreted as teaching connections between characters and events such as Jesus and Jeremiah, Joseph, and most famously Isaac (Genesis 22). Not every detail is directly stated, but rather narratively derived through type and antitype (i.e., Hebrews 11:19; 1 Peter 3:21). So such is a biblical method. […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
What Is Peter’s Favorite OT Story and Why? Peter’s favorite O.T. story is….? If we read his epistles, one OT story is recounted 3 times: 1 Peter 3:20, 2 Peter 2:5 and 3:5-6. This OT narrative is only mentioned 6 times in the NT (Matthew 24:37–39, Luke 17:26–27, 1 Peter 3:20, 2 Peter 2:5, 2 […]
PHall | January 13, 2024
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil What was the mysterious Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil? Why did God put it in the middle of the garden? How does a tree represent free will? To understand what “good” and “evil” are contextually, we need to go back to the beginning. […]
PHall | January 3, 2024
Ecclesiastes: Not A Theodicy but A Humanodicy In a pointed way, Ecclesiastes goes in a different direction than a theodicy – it is a “humanodicy”. A theodicy is a defense of God’s justice and goodness within this world of pain and suffering. While the Teacher (Ecclesiastes 1:1) periodically refers to God’s blessings within this world, […]
PHall | January 3, 2024
Jokes are made about long-time married couples starting to act and even look like one another (poor Janet!). Such is even said about dogs and their owners as seen in Lady and the Tramp! Humor often is funny because it embodies a kernel of truth. That kernel of truth is we reflect what we love, […]
PHall | November 6, 2023
A Pew Moments with Perry – Me, Myself, and I Sex, drugs, and Rock and Roll. Wine, Women, and Song. These are descriptions of the Teacher’s pursuit in Ecclesiastes to find fulfillment as seen in Ecclesiastes 2:4-11. In the past I have focused on the things the Teacher experimented with such as building houses, amassing […]
PHall | November 1, 2023
Only those reading mindlessly will pass over the comparisons between Moses and Joshua; and between the Exodus from the Slave Land and the Entrance to the Promise Land. Both servants being told to remove their sandals due to being on holy ground is just one (Exodus 3:5; Joshua 5:15). Crossing the Red Sea and the […]
PHall | November 1, 2023
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. This earth had a special “territory” called Eden; and within Eden was a dedicated spot for a garden. God was building His temple-palace as the King of all kings to come. The story is well-known about how mankind lost paradise. The stories could be multiplied […]