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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 […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
Who owns your talent? Right next to each other we have two examples of contrasting uses of talent.Bezalel, among others was filled with “God’s Spirit, wisdom, understanding, and ability in every craft” (Exodus 31:2-3). These gifts were to be used in building the tabernacle, a place of worship (Exodus 31:7).Aaron, whether especially gifted by God […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
At the beginning of Exodus the Israelites are making bricks as slaves for the false god Pharaoh. At the end of Exodus the Israelites are making the Tabernacle as freedmen for the true God Yahweh. What a difference God makes!
PHall | October 7, 2019
Wow, just an unbelievable wow! “When someone sins in any of these ways: …if someone touches anything unclean — a carcass of an unclean wild animal, or unclean livestock, or an unclean swarming creature — without being aware of it, he is unclean and incurs guilt.” (CSB Leviticus 5:1-2).Let me get this story straight. God […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
Like with many questions, there is more than one right answer as to why Ananiasand Sapphira were put to death by God. May we learn why in many levels.1. SIN – The husband and wife conspired together to lie about how much they donated to help the needy saints (Acts 5:1-10).2. FEAR – The people […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
Boring, but beneficial? When reading Leviticus 13, I can’t image this chapter about skin diseases being fascinating to anyone except from the Center for Disease Control (CDC). But what I’m wondering is, why were the Israelites warned and cautioned so much about what something that could end up being no more than a scab (13:6)?Here’s […]