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PHall | February 4, 2011
The keys to studying books like Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are to see the story behind the story, to study it for the reality that it presented and the reality that it foreshadowed. And then finally we must study it to find yourself in the story. All three of these make the story real. […]
PHall | February 1, 2011
There is a contextual problem with interpreting the “sons of God” as angels in Genesis 6:4, and that is because of the contextual lineage flow of the previous chapters. Chapter 4 – Lineage of Cain – By their descriptions, they were not godly. Chapter 5 – Lineage of Seth – It was in the lifetime […]
PHall | February 1, 2011
Abortion, The Declaration of Independence, The Restoration Movement, Slavery, Denominationalism, Jewish History, and Stephen’s sermon before the Sanhedrin – Yep, I connected all those in Sunday’s sermon – “Stephen Before the Sanhedrin.” It is about the tragedy of unfulfilled glory, a recurring phrase found in the sermon with various applications. Click “Sermons” and you can listen […]
PHall | January 29, 2011
“(I)n this first, basal pronouncement of Scripture there is a denial of all the principal false philosophies which men have propounded.” “In the beginning God” – that denies Atheism with its doctrine of no God. “In the beginning God” – that denies Polytheism with its doctrine of many gods. “In the beginning God created” – […]
PHall | January 29, 2011
GENESIS AND REVELATION or First Things First, Last Things Last Similarities Both have a new beginning and a new order. Both have tree of life, the river, the bride, and the walk of God with man. Both have the same moral and spiritual ideals. Contrasts Genesis Paradise closed (3:23) Dispossession through sin (3:23) The curse imposed (3:17) […]
PHall | January 29, 2011
There is a spiritual completeness about the Pentateuch. Its five parts not only give us a consecutive history covering the first two thousand five hundred years of human history; they constitute a progressive spiritual unity, setting forth, in their main features, what has been described as “the order of the experience of the people of […]
PHall | January 28, 2011
Acts 21:1 NASB When we had parted from them and had set sail, we ran a straight course to Cos and the next day to Rhodes and from there to Patara; Acts 21:1 HCSB After we tore ourselves away from them and set sail, we came by a direct route to Cos, the next day […]
PHall | January 28, 2011
I wonder if there is any greater challenge than balance. This search for balance exists in every aspect of life: work versus family; responsibility versus freedom; chores versus fun; praise versus constructive criticism; etc. If balance is difficult in every aspect of life, then should we expect it in spiritual areas too? If one truth […]
PHall | January 25, 2011
Acts 18:26 NASB and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. Acts 18:26 HCSB He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home […]
PHall | January 25, 2011
Acts 18:18 NASB Paul, having remained many days longer, took leave of the brethren and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchrea he had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow. Acts 18:18 HCSB So Paul, having stayed on for many days, said good-bye to […]