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PHall | January 1, 2013
Not all examples are good examples, but they can be profitable examples. If prayer is defined simply by “talking to God” then Adam and Eve are “praying” in the garden. Prayer begins by the amazing discovery that God wants to “walk” with us in the garden of life He created (3.8). I love the phrase, […]
PHall | December 30, 2012
Reading this complicated text, one easily sees the reasoning behind the example of the Priests having to “work” on the Sabbath. It is the example of David (1 Samuel 21) that makes us scratch our heads. So the question is why? 1. Personal – Apparently the Pharisees approved of the example of David and it […]
PHall | December 30, 2012
Biblical courage has at least three characteristics: 1) God Given – not self-derived; 2) God Strengthened – there when needed; 3) God Controlled – does not produce pride, instead it produces humility.
PHall | December 18, 2012
Proverbs 21:24 (HCSB) (24) The proud and arrogant person, named “Mocker,” acts with excessive pride.
PHall | November 29, 2012
Constant complaining, that doesn’t apply to me, doubts about God’s love, giving God the leftovers and second best, failing to support the work monetarily, rampant divorce, wondering why good things happen to bad people, saying there’s no benefit in worshiping God…nope, nothing in Malachi applies today.
PHall | November 21, 2012
In reading Ephesians, and specifically 2.11-16 I see re-creation (2.15) in reversing the creation of account. In Genesis man is one (Gn 1), then two (Gn 2), then divided by sin (Gn 3). In Ephesians we have the removal of division by law (2.15) of two groups (2.15) making one man (2.15).
PHall | November 15, 2012
Thought Questions from Class on the Purpose of the OT: 1) Which came first, the OT or NT? (don’t think obvious) 2) Why not begin with the NT? 3) Is the OT mainly stories (narrative) with commands or commands with stories (narrative)? 4) Why do we (or do we) learn better from stories than commands?
PHall | November 10, 2012
PHall | November 8, 2012
Genesis 1:27 (HCSB) So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female. 2 Corinthians 5:16-19 (HCSB) (16) From now on, then, we do not know anyone in a purely human way. Even if we have known Christ in a purely human way, yet now […]
PHall | October 25, 2012
By grace, the original curses become the fresh blessings and then more wondrous than physically imaginable. What is happening in Genesis 12 when God makes promises to Abraham in this new beginning? Do the curses of Genesis 3 and the blessings of Genesis 12 have anything in common? Often the curses are divided into three […]