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PHall | December 19, 2019
How Do We Understand God’s Violence in the OT? Reading Joshua, specifically the conquest of Canaan, and it is disarming (which is the opposite of the armies!) and disquieting (and battles are not quiet!). There are various ways to handle this, one of which is far more appealing to me, and I hope to you. […]
PHall | December 17, 2019
Jesus is found in the most unexpected places!Joshua 10:26-27 (NASB) 26) So afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees; and they hung on the trees until evening. 27) It came about at sunset that Joshua gave a command, and they took them down from the trees […]
PHall | December 17, 2019
Two men went to a prostitute. There’s only one reason why. In fact they didn’t want anyone to know they were there. Again, there’s only one reason why. Your imagination does not need much imagination on this, does it? Except these two men were the spies that hid in Rahab’s house. Lesson? Don’t go by […]
PHall | December 17, 2019
3 Reasons to be Strong and CourageousI. TO PERSEVERE UNTIL GOD’S PROMISES ARE RECEIVED AND SHARED““Be strong and courageous, for you will distribute the land I swore to their fathers to give them as an inheritance.II. TO OBEY GOD WHOLLY AND NOT CHANGE GOD’S WORD“Above all, be strong and very courageous to observe carefully the […]
PHall | December 17, 2019
Why is the creation story, the first week, told the way it is? It is because of the last week of Jesus.Beginning of Old Creation –On the 6th day God breathed into man the breath of life and Adam lived (Genesis 2:7).Beginning of New Creation –On the 6th day The God/Man breathed out the breath […]
PHall | November 13, 2019
Leaders need to listen…but not always or else they become followers and not leaders. There are numerous examples in the Bible – and in life – that show the various balances, when it is successful, when it fails. If I were to ask, “Why did the Israelites wander for 40 years?” A correct answer would […]
PHall | November 9, 2019
Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do good things happen to bad people? “Free will” is one very good answer; but that is an answer which has God backing away, necessarily, in order for free will to exist. God is not Deistic, because He is both immanent and transcendent. Free will hinges […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
What’s the greatest accomplishment God had made in your life? If “freedom from spiritual slavery” (i.e., forgiveness of sins) isn’t at the top, then think again, because that one cost the life of God incarnate. Too often we act like the Israelites of Numbers 14-15. They saw Canaan and the giants and refused to allow […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
If you don’t think studying the Bible can be fun, consider the ironies found in Numbers 12:1. Aaron and Miriam complain “Does the Lord speak only through Moses? Does He not also speak through us?” and then immediately after that, “And the Lord heard”. The irony is they claim God speaks through them, but if […]
PHall | October 15, 2019
Jesus was what Eve desired; and did not hold on to what Eve took. What Jesus had a right to, Eve did not, and yet she grasped after what Jesus was willing to let go. So He became what she and Adam were, to show us what to be.If this is convoluted, let’s juxtapose these […]