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PHall | June 5, 2025
Deuteronomy 6:4 is known as The Shema, as the single most important declaration of the Jews’ belief in monotheistism, and yet is notoriously ambiguous. Notice the various ways it can be translated (LORD equals Yahweh): 1. The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 2. The LORD is our God; the LORD is one. 3. […]
PHall | June 5, 2025
Only Two Types of Evangelism? “Gone” and “go”. More specifically, “having gone” and “go”. Another way of saying this is, “while out” and “go out”. These are two types – only two types possibly – of evangelism. I wonder if every other type falls under these two. In Matthew 28:19, “go” is in the passive […]
PHall | June 5, 2025
OK, Christians. We know the world likes to use profane language, and then to profane it more by adding, “Holy S!” and such. So why are Christians not only using the euphemism “crap” but profaning their language by saying, “Holy crap!” Did you know during the Wilderness Wanderings, Israel had to go outside of the […]
PHall | June 5, 2025
Yoked False Doctrines Whether this is an example of coincidence, causation, or correlation, it is an undeniable truth. That is, the Denominations that accept homosexuality also accept women within leadership roles. I am not saying everyone who accepts the egalitarian position concerning women’s roles accepts homosexuality as acceptable. Rather, the ones who accept homosexuality accept […]
PHall | June 5, 2025
The Temple Worships In the Old Testament worship could be put into these three categories: WHERE – Temples were made from stones. Today, we are the stones, our bodies are temples, Jesus is the cornerstone, and the apostles are the foundation. WHO – Priestly clothes were made from costly material. Today, they are spiritual actions […]
PHall | June 5, 2025
5 Dangers Preaching on Homosexuality 1. One danger is to ignore this sin. If we preach on Christ’s birth in December and Christ’s resurrection in the Spring “because it is on people’s minds”, then we should be willing to preach against homosexuality during “Pride Month” since it is on people’s minds. 2. Another danger is […]
PHall | June 5, 2025
An interesting aspect of chiasms is sometimes you can take the corresponding parts, group them together, and the message still makes sense. For example, Titus 3:4-5: A – (4) But when the goodness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, B – (5) He saved us — C – not by works […]
PHall | May 15, 2025
Were the first century Jewish believers in Jesus monotheistic? Yes. Did they believe Jesus to be Divine? Yes. How did they reconcile that God is one, and yet both the Father and Son are God? First, if you look at the Shema in the LXX, which is the Old Testament version quoted in the New […]
PHall | May 15, 2025
“Then God said, ‘Let there be light light’, and there was light. God saw the light was good and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day.” (Genesis 1:3-5). Hermeneutical Lessons on authority: 1. […]
PHall | May 15, 2025
Two facts about manna are undeniable: 1) It is called bread; 2) It is not man-made. Was it Unleavened? Moses regave God’s command which said, “Observe the feast of Unleavened Bread. You are to eat Unleavened Bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib” (Exodus 34:18). Passover is the first […]