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PHall | February 11, 2017
Jewish tradition states the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2 took place on the same calendar day as God came down on Sinai to deliver the Law to Israel. Historically then in order: 1) the Israelites “plundered” the Egyptians; 2) The Israelites crossed the Red Sea; 3) The Israelites received the Law. When we come […]
PHall | February 3, 2017
How much better is the New Covenant than the Old? Excluding all the “betters” of Hebrews, the Servant Songs of Isaiah say Yahweh will appoint Jesus to be a covenant for the people (42:6; 49:8). Just think about that. We don’t have a covenant with God. Jesus is God’s covenant with us, and our covenant […]
PHall | January 26, 2017
Psalms 25:3 (CSB) No one who waits for You will be disgraced; those who act treacherously without cause will be disgraced – If we see two groups of people, we see correctly. However, if we only see that the first group will not be disgraced…then we are missing an important reality that many ignore. Some […]
PHall | December 7, 2016
Studying with people with whom you disagree can be spiritually beneficial even if you are not having an impact on them. It can help you sharpen what you believe. By this I do not mean help you make better arguments or even remember scriptures for what you want to prove. I do mean that we […]
PHall | December 7, 2016
Ra Ra Religion (Isaiah 53:5): The Physician’s Assistant meant well, but her theological pablum did not feed my soul. After surgery I had my post-op appointment. Because I waited three years, my crushed nerves “might heal in a day, a year, or never heal”. That was her medical opinion. Her theological opinion was, “by His […]
PHall | December 7, 2016
A Broken Hallelujah (The Psalms) – My faith has moods. Leonard Cohen recently died and so his song Hallelujah has been on the minds of many. A Catholic Priest asked a woman to sing it at his church, but she didn’t think the lyrics were a proper fit. I can sympathize. So she wrote other […]
PHall | December 7, 2016
In the story of the birth of Christ (Luke 1-2) we have: 1) Darkness because the shepherds are out at night. 2) Light breaking the darkness because the glory of the Lord shines as the angels announce the birth of Christ to the shepherds. 3) Animals being taken care of because of the shepherds; plus […]
PHall | October 11, 2016
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen.1:1). Then man lived with God in Eden and God provided him a wife (Gen.2). “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth passed away (Rev.21:1). Then man lived in “the new Jerusalem coming down […]
PHall | October 7, 2016
When armed with God’s spiritual weapons and doing battle, we see how unconventional our warfare methods are (Isa.2:4; 2 Cor.6:7; 10:3-5; Eph.6:10-17): 1) We must use those same weapons of war on ourselves simultaneously as we are fighting others; 2) We must try to defeat our enemies by offering God’s sanctuary and thereby winning them […]
PHall | October 6, 2016
From the beginning Israel/Jews understood Gentiles were part of the Abrahamic promise. Yahweh said “all nations” would be blessed through Abraham, not just Israel (Gen.12:3). What Jews did not understand is Gentiles could be saved without the Law (Acts 15:1). Ruth became an Israelite because Naomi’s people and God became Ruth’s. In other words, Jews […]