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PHall | November 21, 2012
In reading Ephesians, and specifically 2.11-16 I see re-creation (2.15) in reversing the creation of account. In Genesis man is one (Gn 1), then two (Gn 2), then divided by sin (Gn 3). In Ephesians we have the removal of division by law (2.15) of two groups (2.15) making one man (2.15).
PHall | November 20, 2012
If agape love is “to seek the best” then love is 1) a purposed action; 2) based upon divine knowledge that discriminates between bad from good and good from best; 3) that separates and sacrifices self from the other for the other. It is a verb based upon a noun; an outward action founded upon […]
PHall | November 16, 2012
A Biblical perspective on the closing of Hostess – “In a twinkie of an eye, at the last crumpet, and the sound of the Ding Dong, the imperishable foods shall change us as we all clothe ourselves with bigger clothes, and desserts have been swallowed up in victory.” ( 1 Cor 15.52-54) On a serious […]
PHall | November 16, 2012
D. A. Carson refers to the Beatitudes as “the norms of the kingdom” (Carson, p.16). If they are the “norms” then they should only be extraordinary to those not in the kingdom. If any Christian were asked, “Do you pray?” the answer would be, “Of course” and that should be expected. If asked, “Do you […]
PHall | November 15, 2012
Thought Questions from Class on the Purpose of the OT: 1) Which came first, the OT or NT? (don’t think obvious) 2) Why not begin with the NT? 3) Is the OT mainly stories (narrative) with commands or commands with stories (narrative)? 4) Why do we (or do we) learn better from stories than commands?
PHall | November 14, 2012
Being rich Americans we are quick to point out that being “poor in spirit” does not mean financially poor. Maybe too quick. We forget that in the Jewish minds of the first century, material blessings equate spiritual blessings – God pays for our righteousness in coin. So when Jesus says “blessed are the poor in […]
PHall | November 13, 2012
It is so easy to tell when someone has no real argument, it’s when they become argumentative. An example of this is Acts 24.5 where Tertullus calls Paul a pest (NASB) or plague (HCSB). So when you get insulted, just smile and be silent, because they just showed they have no real answers. And while […]
PHall | November 12, 2012
Psalms 119:18 (HCSB) (18) Open my eyes so that I may contemplate wonderful things from Your instruction.
PHall | November 11, 2012
Christianity Then and Now: from fasting to feasting; from praying to playing; from saving souls to saving accounts; from building better people to building better buildings; from sanctification to sanctimonious; from serving to severing; from confessors to gossipers; from dying to this life to living for this life; from The Way to our way; from […]
PHall | November 11, 2012
Churchianity #1 – When we preach more about the church of Christ than about the Christ of the church. Churchianity #2 – When we speak of being “raised in the church” instead of being raised in the Lord. Churchianity #3 – When we think public sin “brings reproach upon the church” instead of reproach upon […]