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PHall | May 13, 2025
This makes reading more fun! There is the command to be fruitful and multiply. Then there is the reality they were fruitful and multiplied. There is a new ruler who acts cunningly. And there is a new ruler who acts shrewdly. The end resort was their labor became cursed. And their end result was their […]
PHall | May 13, 2025
Saw a horse with its neck stuck through the fence eating the tall stuff on the other side. Are you thinking, “The grass is always greener on the other side”? Or possibly, “The grass is only greener because there is a leak in the septic tank!”? Or…. Could it be, the horse chewed all the […]
PHall | May 13, 2025
God’s Promises, Presence, and Shoes? There is very little more down to earth, than shoes. Literally, because shoes are literally down on the earth! The three promises made to Abraham are connected by shoes! After telling Abraham to “go” (literally, “walk”) God makes three promises: land, nation, and seed: Land – Genesis 12:1 “To the […]
PHall | May 13, 2025
We’re 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 9, 2025
Two Beginnings There is the command to be fruitful and multiply. Then there is the reality they were fruitful and multiplied. There is a new ruler who acts cunningly. And there is a new ruler who acts shrewdly. The end resort was their labor became cursed. And their end result was their labor became bitter […]
PHall | April 30, 2025
It is impossible to define who and what Moses was without water. In fact, his name itself means, “drawing out” in Hebrew and “born” in Egyptian (Exodus 2:10). Moses was “born of water” (Ex.2:1ff). We too are born of water (John 3:3,5). The next water scene is after he flees for his life from his […]
PHall | April 30, 2025
A – IN THE BEGINNING was the Word, B – and the Word was WITH GOD, C – and the Word was God. B’ – He was WITH GOD A’ – IN THE BEGINNING.
PHall | April 1, 2025
HE, ME, and THEE “I’m not a good speaker”. Moses gave this “excuse before, during, and after his initial failed confrontations with Pharaoh. Moses had a “ME PROBLEM” – success and failure were dependent upon “ME”. 1. He expected success would be easy and quick. 2. He expected he could argue his way into Pharaoh […]
PHall | April 1, 2025
What Did Moses Mean When He Gave His Excuses? What I am about to present as an explanation for two idiomatic statements by Moses concerning his speech is based upon an presumption that I believe is reasonable. That is, when Moses spoke to the Hebrews and to Pharaoh, Moses spoke Hebrew and not Egyptian. Therefore, […]
PHall | April 1, 2025
If you are familair with “Church Speak”, you are familar with the phrase, “the 5 acts of worship” – preaching, praying, singing, contribution, and the Lord’s supper. Some go so far as to say worship is defined by these 5 acts collectively done. Some even say these are the only acts of worship. Such a […]