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PHall | May 17, 2012
Proverbs 22:6 is used by some/many to prove that if a child is raised right in the Lord, then that child will come back even if he becomes unfaithful. Often this is heard when discussing the qualifications of elders. In reading the verse the other day, I was struck by the word “even.” Using this […]
PHall | May 17, 2012
“Another authenticating feature of the resurrection narrative is that the first appearances of the risen Christ were not to His disciples, but rather to women – to Mary Magdalene and the other women. This must have been an embarrassment to the apostles, Christ’s inner circle. They were likely quite jealous.” “According to Jewish principles of […]
PHall | May 17, 2012
Luke 1:31-35 – (31) “Blah blah blah blah.” (32) “Blah blah blah blah.” (33) “Blah blah blah blah.” (34) “Blah blah blah blah.” (35) “Blah blah blah blah.” That is not exactly what you expected, is it? That inane introduction has two instructive purposes. First, it suggests that we can be so familiar with a […]
PHall | May 16, 2012
If modern editors critiqued the gospels, what would they say? “Matthew, your beginning is too boring, who cares about birth records.” “Mark, you use the word ‘immediately’ way too many times.” “Luke, don’t talk about yourself at the beginning, just get to the story.” “John, I like the idea of light and darkness, but instead of […]
PHall | May 14, 2012
Argumentative People: #1 – Cannot hear others over the volume of their own opinion; #2 – Are angry and sad but don’t know it; #3 – Have an inferiority complex masked as a “superiority complex”; #4 – Are more interested in catching you in what you say, than in catching what you say; #5 – […]
PHall | May 12, 2012
John preached a “baptism of repentance” (Lk.3:3). This repentance is not something simply and solely theological or personal. It is spiritual and practical; it reaches out to all because God reached down to us. Repentance is not just in the heart or mind. Repentance is not just looking to our sinful past. Repentance is a […]
PHall | May 9, 2012
The Son of God became the Son of Man, so that a son of man could become a son of God.
PHall | May 9, 2012
The day of one’s death is greater than the day of one’s birth because a name is not made by letters, but by one’s life.
PHall | May 9, 2012
Sometimes all you can do is pray “Please Lord, help” as you drift in and out of sleep all night long.
PHall | May 9, 2012
Caesar: “I came, I saw, I conquered.” Eve: “Satan came, I saw, he conquered.” David and Goliath: “I came, I am not Saul, I conquered.” David and Bathsheba: “I came, I saw, I got conquered.” Jesus: I came, I saw, I conquered all.” You and me?