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PHall | March 6, 2014
How amazing is God’s love? How many friends would we have lost; how many jobs would we have been fired from; how many people would have slapped or punched us; how many times would our spouse have been angry with us…if anyone and everyone could read our minds and know all our thoughts? And yet […]
PHall | March 6, 2014
Pinocchio is a beloved story, at least Disney’s version. I doubt many are familiar with the original; Pinocchio kills the nagging cricket with a hammer. Why do we love Disney’s version? It’s a tale of redemption. It is a whale of a tale. Wood I lie to you! Like that fictional morality tale, Jerusalem’s Deliverance […]
PHall | March 5, 2014
Both were warned of defeat (1 Kgs. 22:17; 2 Chon.35:21) Both ignored the warning (1 Kgs.22:29; 2 Chron.35:22) Both disguised themselves in battle (1 Kgs.22:30; 2 Chron.35:22) Both shot with a random arrow (1 Kgs.22:34; 2 Chron.35:23) Both asked to be taken away from the battle (1 Kgs.22:34; 2 Chron.35:23) Both died after the battle […]
PHall | March 2, 2014
In Hezekiah’s restoration movement, it is interesting and instructive to note that 2 Chronicles focuses on the outward aspects of Yahweh’s worship (what some call “religion”), while the book of Isaiah focuses on the inward (what some call “spirituality”). God’s word without our hearts is not worship. Our hearts without God’s word is not worship. […]
PHall | February 27, 2014
Acts 20:28-35 – It has been suggested that Paul moves somewhat abruptly from false doctrine to filthy lucre. Possibly the connection is that often money is the motive for false teaching. If, so then what a warning to every paid preacher! But wait, there is a warning here to churches too. Can a church (i.e., […]
PHall | February 27, 2014
PHall | February 24, 2014
“The primary sense is that the burnt offering goes up as smoke. From a theological perspective, one may say that the act of burning is more concerned with transformation than incineration….What has been placed on the altar is literally an animal. The ritual has transformed the animal into something else – smoke – and this […]
PHall | February 22, 2014
Fear is often described as a fear of the unknown, a fear of the future, thereby finding comfort in the present and in inaction. I wonder though if when it comes to serving God and other areas, it is the exact opposite. We fear the present, not even looking to the future, and find no […]
PHall | February 10, 2014
The Gospel Story is told in so many Biblical stories that we should look for the gospel throughout the Bible. For example, The Assyrians surrounding Jerusalem during the reign of Hezekiah, and the Cross of Jesus Christ: • As the Assyrians surrounded God’s chosen people, the Jewish leaders will surround God’s Chosen One on the […]
PHall | February 10, 2014
In the answer God gives Hezekiah concerning the threat of Assyria, we see the power is not in Hezekiah’s righteousness: 2 Kings 19:34 I will defend this city and rescue it for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.” Considering David as a type of Christ, maybe we should consider any affirmative […]