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PHall | January 27, 2018
Did you know we saw a fulfilled prophecy this week? Before the flood, cold and heat, summer and winter, are not mentioned. This is new due to the flood changing the world’s climate. The other time markers, dealing with farming and the sun and moon, are all mentioned in Genesis 1-2. That the flood changed […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
An addict told he tried to stay away from God, but God chased him down. Now exactly what he meant, I don’t know. But is he far off? Does the Bible teach we are chased by God? One of the advantages of using different translations is they use different words. Different words spark different thoughts. […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
In talking to Job, God uses animals as lessons for humans (Job 38ff). Today we can still learn. Surprising I have learned from my dogs more about fearing God (Deuteronomy 6:2). In short I have learned the proper response to fearing a master. We are babysitting my parents’ dog. She is a recent rescue and […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
PHall | January 27, 2018
According to the scriptures, Jesus was crucified around 9:00 AM (“the third hour”; Mark 15:24-25); and died six hours later around 3:00 PM (“the ninth hour”; Matthew 27:45-46). While there are many coincidences in the Bible, there are also many providential, and type and anti-type acts. Which is this? For six hours Jesus worked on […]
PHall | January 5, 2018
An addict told he tried to stay away from God, but God chased him down. Now exactly he meant, I don’t know. But is he far off? Does the Bible teach we are chased by God? One of the advantages of using different translations is they use different words. Different words spark different thoughts. One […]
PHall | September 6, 2017
They say young men marry women that remind them of their mothers. For me I know that was true, except younger! The story of Samson can be told by contrasting his mother to his women. In Judges 13, while unnamed, the wife of Manoah and Samson’s mother is the main character. It is she who […]
PHall | June 9, 2017
The prayer passages with a description of each which help us understand various types and occasions for prayer: Prayer in Nehemiah Preparation Prayer – 1:4-11 Prompt Prayer 2:4 Persecution Prayer – 4:4-5 Protection Prayer – 4:9 Promise Prayer #1 – 5:13 Pastoral Prayer – 5:19 Power Prayer 6:9 Perceptive Prayer – 6:14 Praising Prayer#1 – […]
PHall | February 14, 2017
The Servant Songs of Isaiah In studying the Servant Songs there is a definite and surprisng move from brightness to darkness. The first sings of God’s pleasure in His Servant and how the Servant will not break a bruised reed (Isa.42:1-4). The second has the Servant singing a melancholy song of depression; while questioning His […]
PHall | February 11, 2017
Did Jesus ever get depressed, despondent, or at least disappointed in His impact on others? Last night we had an enlightening and hopefully uplifting – because misery loves company – time with the 2nd Servant Song (Isaiah 49:1ff). We recalled the many NT passages which gave reality to the first two lines of v.4 which […]