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PHall | February 11, 2019
I have been asked to address the issue of God ordering the annihilation of nations such as when Israel entered Canaan. Such a task is truly beyond me which is OK because of three statements that are a motto for my life: “I don’t know. I am not God. Deal with it.” There is deep […]
PHall | February 9, 2019
Make a mental check whether the following words cause a positive or negative reaction: dominate, dominion, govern, manage, master, reign, rule. Every one of them translates the same Hebrew word
PHall | February 9, 2019
There is a difference between simplifying the word of God and dumbing down God’s word. The term “dumbing down” originated in 1933, as movie-business slang used by screenplay writers, meaning: “to revise so as to appeal to those of little education or intelligence”. When done with God’s word the appeal is not put so condescending. […]
PHall | February 6, 2019
He worshiped the right God. He was religious. He even offered something almost right. Wasn’t enough. God was kind and offered him instructions and another chance. Turned it down. Turning down grace leads to even worse behavior because we turn away from God and those who love God. That’s the story of Cain. Don’t let […]
PHall | February 6, 2019
Ever notice the similarities between these two stories? Both stories have…1. Two main characters plus God.2. Animals and things grown from the ground.3. God asks questions.4. Someone gets tricked.5. The older doesn’t protect the younger.6. Death is a theme.7. The ground is a theme.8. Curse is a theme.9. God shows the guilty grace.10. The guilty […]
PHall | February 4, 2019
It is too easy, common, and disheartening to focus on the restrictions of women in 1 Timothy 2:11-12. What is not done enough is focusing on the positive. Restricting religion to what happens in public worship must never be done. If it is, women do little, even do little good (in the eyes of some), […]
PHall | February 4, 2019
Could Adam have stopped Eve from sinning? 1 Timothy 2 is an admonition against women usurping authority; but is it more than that? Paul’s conclusion is reasoned from primogeniture, Adam was created first. Notice carefully what Paul says next, 1 Timothy 2:14 (HCSB) And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed. […]
PHall | January 30, 2019
Bookends of Genesis: The structure of Genesis can be simplified into two halves: 1-11; 12-50. The writer himself shows us this two-part division: • Genesis 1-11 “let us make man in our own image” (1:26); “let us go down there and confuse their language” (11:7) o “be fruitful and fill the earth” (1:28); “so the […]
PHall | January 29, 2019
TODAY’S PRAYER – Genesis 46 – Jacob leaves the Promise Land to go to Egypt. This is the same thing Abraham did (Genesis 12). What is similar is a famine. What is different is permission to go. God tells Jacob, “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt” (Genesis 46:3). If Egypt represents that […]
PHall | January 28, 2019
As Genesis 3 wrongfully reverses Genesis 2; 1 Corinthians 14 corrects Genesis 3:1-7 I. What is happening in Genesis 3? 1. A question is wrongfully asked by the serpent to the woman about the word of God. 2. Then Eve takes the lead over her husband and judges both what the serpent and God said. […]