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PHall | October 6, 2016
Sometimes with a surgery there comes complications. Unwanted complications. Embarrassing situations. If you could foresee everything, you might be tempted to forego the surgery, although it was absolutely necessary. The Great Physician’s surgery on our hearts and souls can and often does result in unforeseen encounters – and even some foreseen. These tempt those who […]
PHall | October 6, 2016
Don’t get lulled into thinking Mark’s introduction is lacking when compared to the other gospel accounts. Mark’s begin with a veiled challenge to Caesar, then uses Jewish prophecy to link John to Jesus as forerunner is to king. Then the God of the Universe claims Jesus as His Son which is again a veiled shot […]
PHall | October 6, 2016
After Jesus’ baptism and wilderness fight, Jesus goes to several synagogues preaching the gospel of God and casting out demons. These “houses of God” are not the only tactical settings for Jesus’ invasion into Caesar’s and Satan’s territory. Mark 1:29ff – Jesus had called Andrew and Simon and is now in their home. Apparently these […]
PHall | October 6, 2016
John operated a clean-up crew. His job was to make sure the roads were clear of any rubble. Sometimes he even had to knock things down or build a new road. It was hard work and dangerous. So much so, John lost his life working on the road. “John” is John the Baptist who “prepared […]
PHall | October 6, 2016
A Two-Part Outline of Mark: I. Mark 1-8:30 – “Your emperor is nothing like Me because my power is greater than his.” II. Mark 8:31-16 – “I am nothing like your emperor because I give up my power to serve your needs.”
PHall | October 6, 2016
Babylonbee has a new satire on math, that feelings are now accepted as answers as long as the student is sincere in their mathematical truth. A great satire on how people substitute feelings for what was once considered absolute truth (such as gender). However, Modernists admit math is an absolute truth because it is not […]
PHall | October 6, 2016
People ask if a congregation is “sound.” Maybe learning about “sound” synagogues might help. In Mark 1:21 Jesus went to the synagogue and started teaching. The congregants were amazed because He taught as one having authority (1:22). A demon-possessed man interrupted their service and Jesus threw out the demon in the man (1:27). Mark 1:39 […]
PHall | October 6, 2016
From the beginning Israel/Jews understood Gentiles were part of the Abrahamic promise. Yahweh said “all nations” would be blessed through Abraham, not just Israel (Gen.12:3). What Jews did not understand is Gentiles could be saved without the Law (Acts 15:1). Ruth became an Israelite because Naomi’s people and God became Ruth’s. In other words, Jews […]
PHall | September 14, 2016
Something to consider: God used less holy nations (according to Habakkuk) such as Assyria and Babylon to destroy God’s people who were less than holy. Today does God use less holy individuals to destroy less than holy congregations?
PHall | September 13, 2016
I love pistachios. Every once in a while, in a bag of pistachios, I get one that isn’t partially open. It is so closed I can’t crack it open. So I throw it away. We are like this to God. Our hearts can’t be totally closed. We aren’t useful to God unless He can crack […]