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PHall | January 27, 2018
Luke presents John the Baptist as the descendant of Aaron the High Priest (Luke 1). The apostle John presents the Immerser as saying, “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). Thought of in this way, […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
Sacred space. Defined, that is space filled or inhabited by God. The burning bush, Mt.Sinai, and Jesus incarnated are all examples. When we read 1 Corinthians, a most troubled congregation, we see how the “body” (3:16 ; 6:19) houses the Holy Spirit. In the first, the body is the church; in the second the human […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
“Tree that’s been at White House since 1800’s to be removed.” That was the headline. Being curious why, I read the article. Was it a political hackjob piece? Was it a self-serving decision based on White House aesthetics? Loving trees, I wanted to know. Then I read it was planted by President Jackson in memory […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
A constant danger I have noticed in myself – and which I constantly fight – is reacting to the false interpretations of scriptures instead of focusing on the point of the Holy Spirit’s text. For example, in my daily reading I came across Psalm 14. Verse 3 reads, “There is no one who does good, […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
People driving behind us might have thought I had too much to drink and way too early. Janet was driving and I was throwing up with my head out the window. No liqueur. Just somehow I had injected gluten (cross contamination I think). And yet there is a bible lesson – don’t judge based upon […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
Did you know we saw a fulfilled prophecy this week? Before the flood, cold and heat, summer and winter, are not mentioned. This is new due to the flood changing the world’s climate. The other time markers, dealing with farming and the sun and moon, are all mentioned in Genesis 1-2. That the flood changed […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
An addict told he tried to stay away from God, but God chased him down. Now exactly what he meant, I don’t know. But is he far off? Does the Bible teach we are chased by God? One of the advantages of using different translations is they use different words. Different words spark different thoughts. […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
There are 3 types of “church people”: 1) Those who emphasize the righteousness of God to the extreme they live in constant fear for their salvation. 2) Those who emphasize the grace of God to the extreme that they live thinking God will accept any worship as long as our attitude is right. 3) Those […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
I just watched a dramatization of Jesus’s crucifixion. It finally dawned on me (forgive me for I am slow) how it exemplifies the exact opposite of the 1st and 2nd Great Commands (Mt.22:36-40): 1) Love God with all your heart, soul, mind; 2) Love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus died for our sins. Therefore the […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
A fish fry for mission work was recently advertised. Churches having yard sales, or pumpkin sales around Halloween is common. Is this biblical? One way to approach is asking if such has biblical authority. Can we find a command, example, or necessary implication from the inspired text. The answer is we can’t. But let’s go […]