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PHall | June 6, 2023
Disease as Enemy If the last enemy is death (1 Corinthians 15:26), can we understand disease, birth detects, trauma, and other such attacks on our bodies likewise as enemies? No death existed in Eden. Doesn’t that imply there were no diseases either? Wouldn’t access to the tree of life inhibit such defilement since disease leads […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
Eve’s Original Sin? 1 Timothy 2:9-10 (CSB) 9) Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel, 10) but with good works, as is proper for women who profess to WORSHIP GOD. This is a most fascinating allusion, as we […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
Have you ever wondered why God had Adam name the animals? Couldn’t God have done it for Adam? Yes. Here are five reasons why: 1. Adam is exercising his intellect. Notice how inspiration describes the first man. He is logical, able to distinguish different kinds of animals, along with the linguistic skills to differentiate […]
PHall | May 3, 2023
I heard an argument that because of the “curse” in Genesis 3, it is possible that post-creation there are more than two genders or sexes. Here’s the number one argument against that – Jesus, when answering a question thousands of years after sin entered the world, applied a pre-curse statement from scripture to cover […]
PHall | April 28, 2023
Forty years ago today, I said my vows to the wrong person. The vows were good – “I take Janet to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health” – I just shouldn’t have […]
PHall | March 8, 2023
Genesis 1 is about God participating within creation although separate from creation. Only by being outside of the material world could he create it. As we know, God’s world functions according to its form, such as every living thing reproducing “according to their kinds” (Gen.1:21,24,25). Then God participates in this reproduction pattern. God is “reproducing” […]
PHall | February 1, 2023
Purple + Zebra = 26. That is the problem I gave to my high school/college class to solve. The first response was, “That’s impossible! They are incompatible”. I retorted, “Are you sure?” Doubt about its impossibility solidified, so they guessed numerical values for the color and animal. That failed. Annoyance and irritation increased as every […]
PHall | February 1, 2023
For those who believe that Adam’s headship did not exist prior to the fall, please consider the following questions: 1. Who did the serpent talk to? Eve. 2. Who decided the fruit was good to eat? Eve. 3. Who decided the fruit was pleasant to look at? Eve. 4. Who decided the forbidden fruit was […]
PHall | January 24, 2023
Let’s Pretend We Are Noah Here’s an old story with old lessons that needs to be learned anew again. For the sake of effect, let’s pretend we are Noah. (None of the ME statements are actually said by Noah, but do illustrate how some modern “Christians” appear to think via their actions) GOD: “Then God […]
PHall | January 24, 2023
Meaning in Life Even In Uncertainty The New Testament is the Old Testament revealed and the Old Testament is the New Testament concealed (Augustine). One doctrine more revealed under the new covenant is the eternal life after the physical life. Where in the Old Testament is this taught? Sometimes “where” is more important than “when”! […]