Perryism – In mixing and matching colors some work better than others, but in humans all colors match and mix equally well.
PHall | July 26, 2012
PHall | July 26, 2012
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PHall | July 22, 2012
Impossible Possibilities – The young believe the impossible because they do not understand the meaning of impossible. The old believe the impossible because they do understand the meaning of impossible. The young believe because they have not seen too much; and the old believe because they have seen enough. Both believe in a God greater […]
PHall | July 22, 2012
The Setting of the Sermon (Immediate Context) The Structure of Matthew’s Introduction and Conclusion Teaches Us What Jesus Is Doing Second, let’s look at how Matthew framed this sermon in the immediate context. Matthew did not, via the Holy Spirit, write a separate book just on the Sermon on the Mount. The three chapters containing […]
PHall | July 21, 2012
This Perryism is actually a chiasm: A – Self-control; B – Not needed; C – When we; D – Want to obey; C’ – Why we; B’ – Need; A’ – Self-control Plus, within this Perryism there is a PerryDox (i.e., paradox). If self-control is not needed when we want to obey then we need […]
PHall | July 21, 2012
PHall | July 20, 2012
Concerning the vision in Ezekiel 1: “It has thus been, on the one hand, the point of departure for generations of mystics, who have scrutinized it in the hope of retracing Ezekiel’s steps, and finding their own path to the direct encounter with with God’s very being. Precisely for that reason, however, Jewish law forbade the public […]
PHall | July 20, 2012
PHall | July 18, 2012
Most of the arguments for the deity of Christ given by Himself within the gospels are not blatant declarations, but tacit, clever and somewhat shadowy implications. Does Jesus so early in His ministry, in His Sermon on the Mount, claim to be on par with the God of the Old Testament in 5:11-12? The preacher […]