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PHall | January 3, 2014
One of the most famous American droughts was the Dust Bowl from 1931 to 1939. In 2012, 42% of the country experienced severe, extreme or exceptional drought, the largest such percentage since the mid-1950s. The 2002 drought in Colorado brought the lowest water flow that the state had seen in 300 years. The 1988 North […]
PHall | January 2, 2014
Before the Battles of the Bulge, Iwo Jima or Normandy; before Gettysburg, Antietam or Shiloh; there was another famous battle, not between armies, or nations. It was a battle between Gods: Baal and Yahweh. The false god, Baal, had the One True God, Yahweh, outnumbered. Baal has 450 prophets. How many does Yahweh have? One. […]
PHall | January 2, 2014
It has taken untold number of years, and untold deaths, to reach the beginning. The first resurrection story actually contains two resurrection stories – one literal, and the other foreshadowing it through symbolic means…and maybe even a third, and a fourth. Ahab is the wickedest king of the Northern Kingdom. Hence, the people are cursed […]
PHall | December 27, 2013
When someone says, “That won’t work;” “We’ve tried that before;” “We can’t;” ask them to name the 10 spies in Israel who said about conquering Canaan, “We can’t” (Nm 13.31). Nope, I don’t know their names either. Then ask them to name the 2 spies who said, “We can” (Nm 13.30). So would we rather […]
PHall | December 15, 2013
2 Samuel 11-12; 13-14 – Same Story; Different Characters – Reap What We Sow Lust over Beautiful Woman: David with Bathsheba (11:2); Amnon with Tamar (13:1) Plan Made: David with innocent advisors (11:3); Amnon with guilty Jonadab (13:5) Woman Sent for: David with Bathsheba (11:4); Amnon via David with Tamar (13:6-7) Unlawful Sex: David and […]
PHall | December 14, 2013
There is grace on every page of the Bible. Jeroboam is such an example. While all sinners do not deserve grace, we still need to examine “the sin of Jeroboam.” That phrase will describe king after king in the Northern Kingdom of Israel; and haunt them into destruction and Assyrian Captivity. And yet, God showed […]
PHall | December 11, 2013
No single verse contains all of God. No single scripture contains all of God’s theology. If this is true, then even “God is love” (1 John 4:8) is not all inclusive of all God is. God is not only love. God is righteous too, which can conflict with His desire that all men be saved […]
PHall | December 9, 2013
“Little Big League” is a movie about a 12 year old kid inheriting the Minnesota Twins from his grandfather. He fires the manager but no one else wants to manage under a 12 year old. So he assumes the job on the advice of his friend: “It’s the American League! They have the DH! How […]
PHall | November 23, 2013
Rabbi Yeshua, commonly known as Jesus, is the greatest scholar of the Old Testament or Tanakh. This neglected scholar believed and taught that Adam and Eve were real human beings, made “in the beginning” (Mt.19.4), not evolved, or created millions of years later, giving historical credence to the first book of the Bible called Genesis […]
PHall | November 22, 2013
Genesis 3 and John 3 – Satan in disguise as a serpent brings death to the world by belief in a lie. Jesus in symbol of a serpent brings life to the world by belief in the truth: “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be […]