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PHall | October 13, 2023
Is Jesus Worth More than Our Jobs? The Philistine leaders promised Delilah 1,100 pieces of silver from each of them. How many were there? Don’t know (Judges 16). The Jewish leaders promised Judas 30 pieces of silver. Total. The price of an injured slave. Samson was wrecking their nation, including their economic well-being – Then […]
PHall | October 13, 2023
How Does Divorce Fit into Luke 16? Luke 16 has what many difficult segments: • The parable of the “shrewd” manager is considered one of Jesus’s more difficult stories. • Verse 16, about entering the kingdom, is translated in seemingly opposite ways. • The story at the end concerning Lazarus and the rich man: Is […]
PHall | October 12, 2023
A Conversation Between Me and an Atheist HIM: “Jesus doesn’t exist”. ME: “What year is it?” HIM: “2023. Why?” ME: “2023 is 2 thousand and 23 years (give or take a few years) from what?” HIM: “Common Era” ME: “Common era” is a recent way of marking the year. What was the common method before […]
PHall | October 12, 2023
The “Virgin Birth” One miracle in the Bible is possibly mocked and derided more by skeptics, and even considered too fanciful even within seminaries, than any other. That miracle is the “virgin birth”. Because it is that shocking, it is shockingly deep and complex. Is the “virgin birth” the most paradoxical event in the Bible? […]
PHall | October 12, 2023
Some Preachers Two Christians were talking about a preacher they recently heard. One said, “That’s some preacher, alright”. What kinds of “some preachers” are there? Some preachers only teach what is comfortable. They are earning a paycheck. • 2 Timothy 2:3 (CSB) For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but […]
PHall | October 12, 2023
“Keeping house for the Lord” or, “The church is closing its doors”. These are two phrases of which you might have heard. A congregation, once in the 500’s is now, “closing their doors”. Just heard of another, once in the 500’s, stopped meeting after covid. Both in the “Bible-belt”. Besides living in a PC (Post-Christian) […]
PHall | September 8, 2023
What is Abraham’s Bosom? Is “Abraham’s bosom” an intermediate place between heaven and earth; or is it in a personal, close, position to Abraham himself, proclaiming kinship? Is “Abraham’s bosom” a realm or describing being next to a person? (Luke 16:22-23). Abraham’s name is mentioned more in Luke, than any other NT book. One familiar […]
PHall | September 8, 2023
When God prepared Moses to go to His people, Moses doubted, repeatedly. One sign God gave for proof is Moses to sticking his hand inside his cloak, and when he takes it out, the hand is as white as snow. This illustrates Moses’s cold, unbelieving heart. No it doesn’t. The hand was white because […]
PHall | September 6, 2023
The Beatitudes Backwards and Forwards Being persecuted for the sake of righteousness (Matthew5:10-12) will make you pursue peace ‐ but which kind? 1. Peace from the persecutors? Becoming weary can do this. 2. Peace from Jesus who likewise was persecuted? Becoming more like Jesus ends our emotional weariness and gives us strength. But only when […]
PHall | September 5, 2023
A spiritual being, who had left heaven, came to earth. Once here, he dwelt in corporeal form. He came to talk to humanity about life and death; encouraging the people to become more like God. This is a familiar story of… the first temptation and fall in Eden (Genesis 3:1-5). Satan is a spiritual being […]