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PHall | March 12, 2019
Love is rare, when you find it, treasure it. Not so fast. Love is everywhere, everyday, found one time in one place. That is the “universal rarity” of the cross: Romans 8:37-39 (HCSB) “No, in all these things we are more than victorious through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that not even […]
PHall | March 12, 2019
ARE WE LED BY THE SPIRIT AND HOW? To borrow and adapt an old phrase, “God in Spirit, who at sundry times and in divers manners led the fathers by miraculous ways, hath in these last days led us by the Spirit in grander ways”.In days past, the Holy Spirit led Israelites by pillar of […]
PHall | March 12, 2019
If love is redefined by the cross, and by commands that defy self-interest, then learning how to love is answered by God’s “why”. That is the reality behind judge righteous judgment (John 7:24) which saw two commands in tension: 1) For the Jews, they chose to perform 8th day circumcision on the 7th day. Both Sabbath […]
PHall | March 1, 2019
I am ruled by women and God approves. When considering 1 Timothy 2, people have struggled determining what realm is being discussed. What realm is it? I’ve concluded it is the household of God (chapters 2-3; 3:15), and not a secular realm such as business or government. [ ] Prayers for the government are made […]
PHall | February 27, 2019
Throughout Acts there is an emphasis on speech. Why? If you look up kerusso in a Greek dictionary, to get the fuller meaning you have to go to an English dictionary on history. Properly, the Greek word means, 2784 kērýssō – properly, to herald (proclaim); to preach (announce) a message publicly and with conviction (persuasion). […]
PHall | February 26, 2019
Historically “exposing” children was a barbaric and callous practice of disposing of unwanted children. The practice was simple – expose a child to the dangers of nature’s cruelty. It was a passive act in that the parents did not actively take the life of the child, but active in the sense of putting the child […]
PHall | February 21, 2019
At our Coffeehouse Evangelism Bible study, I was reminded of a description I made of my Mom at her Celebration of Life: “My Mom loved you before she met you; and after she met you, she even liked you which might be harder than loving you.” Agape love is redefined by the life and death […]
PHall | February 20, 2019
No human argument is stronger than God’s words, even when that human argument explains accurately what God said. My Bible has a humanly written heading for Romans 10: “Righteousness by Faith Alone.” The word “faith” is found in the chapter, but the word “alone” is not. Does faith involve obedience? Or an even better way […]
PHall | February 16, 2019
As emphasized within this study, structure, narrative, and such are instructive towards understanding meaning. Looking at 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, there are many ways of examining the various ways it is structured. The simplest argument for women being silent is reading only 14:34-35 and concluding, “the Bible say women be silent”. Any text can be made […]
PHall | February 12, 2019
Word choice, punctuation, chapter and verse enumeration play a bigger role in interpretation than we probably notice. I suggest for your consideration this is true of Genesis 3:16. Notice these two translations which give a negative connotation, one to the second clause, the other to the third: ESV (2017) – To the woman he said, […]