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PHall | March 6, 2014
Pinocchio is a beloved story, at least Disney’s version. I doubt many are familiar with the original; Pinocchio kills the nagging cricket with a hammer. Why do we love Disney’s version? It’s a tale of redemption. It is a whale of a tale. Wood I lie to you! Like that fictional morality tale, Jerusalem’s Deliverance […]
PHall | March 5, 2014
Both were warned of defeat (1 Kgs. 22:17; 2 Chon.35:21) Both ignored the warning (1 Kgs.22:29; 2 Chron.35:22) Both disguised themselves in battle (1 Kgs.22:30; 2 Chron.35:22) Both shot with a random arrow (1 Kgs.22:34; 2 Chron.35:23) Both asked to be taken away from the battle (1 Kgs.22:34; 2 Chron.35:23) Both died after the battle […]
PHall | March 2, 2014
In Hezekiah’s restoration movement, it is interesting and instructive to note that 2 Chronicles focuses on the outward aspects of Yahweh’s worship (what some call “religion”), while the book of Isaiah focuses on the inward (what some call “spirituality”). God’s word without our hearts is not worship. Our hearts without God’s word is not worship. […]
PHall | February 24, 2014
“The primary sense is that the burnt offering goes up as smoke. From a theological perspective, one may say that the act of burning is more concerned with transformation than incineration….What has been placed on the altar is literally an animal. The ritual has transformed the animal into something else – smoke – and this […]
PHall | February 22, 2014
Fear is often described as a fear of the unknown, a fear of the future, thereby finding comfort in the present and in inaction. I wonder though if when it comes to serving God and other areas, it is the exact opposite. We fear the present, not even looking to the future, and find no […]
PHall | February 10, 2014
The Gospel Story is told in so many Biblical stories that we should look for the gospel throughout the Bible. For example, The Assyrians surrounding Jerusalem during the reign of Hezekiah, and the Cross of Jesus Christ: • As the Assyrians surrounded God’s chosen people, the Jewish leaders will surround God’s Chosen One on the […]
PHall | February 10, 2014
In the answer God gives Hezekiah concerning the threat of Assyria, we see the power is not in Hezekiah’s righteousness: 2 Kings 19:34 I will defend this city and rescue it for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.” Considering David as a type of Christ, maybe we should consider any affirmative […]
PHall | February 10, 2014
Leviticus is a book of law, grace and love. Obeying sacrificial laws bring us grace undeserved because of other laws broken. Amazingly, these and other laws can be divided into two love categories: The First Great Commandment of Love (chs.1-16); The Second Great Commandment of Love (chs. 17-27). Law, grace, and love is being holy […]
PHall | January 28, 2014
Ben-hadad, a pagan, is king of Aram, the enemy of Israel. He gets sick and is told, “The man of God has come here” (2 Kings 8.7). King Ben-hadad tells his servant, Hazael, to “Inquire of the LORD through” Elisha by asking him “Will I recover from this sickness?” (8.8). He also sends a massive […]
PHall | January 23, 2014
Have you have heard the story of missionaries being saved by an angelic band? It takes various forms but they all have similarities: The murderous, native wretches are scared away by a visible – to them only – guard of armed angelic soldiers; while Christians are praying. One story has 26 protectors, another says hundreds. […]