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PHall | July 15, 2023
Men can be jerks. So can women. Unfortunately, they don’t always marry each other and get what they deserve. Sadly, these hard-hearted and hard-headed masochists marry good people. This causes suffering in others who still love them, including their children. Only Jesus can change them if they are willing. If you are married to a […]
PHall | July 15, 2023
July 4th is when God gave the 10 Commandments to Israel at Mt. Sinai to announce their freedom from the tyrant King of Egypt. No? Am I getting my history confused? This curious confusion points to similarities between our Declaration and Constitution, and Israel’s 10 Commandments. Read the Preamble in Exodus 20:2, […]
PHall | July 15, 2023
Evangelism comes easily if…. When I was a teenager, evangelism was easy. Often (and maybe often wrongly), I had no problem arguing with my friends – and we stayed friends. So pointed was I, a Catholic girl said, “If you were Pope, you would change the entire Catholic church!”. I retorted, “I would! And then […]
PHall | July 15, 2023
Have you noticed the similarities between the wedding scene and the crucifixion? 1. Both have Mary, Jesus’s mother, there: (2:1; 19:26-27). 2. Both are introduced by days: 3rd day (2:1) and day of preparation (19:31). 3. Both occur on special occasions: wedding (2:1) and high Sabbath (19:31). 4. Both have new homes are began in […]
PHall | July 15, 2023
When the Lord’s Supper is a Lifestyle When embarking on this memorial meal, I submit to you that when we partake of the emblems, we are doing more than remembering Christ who “bore our sins in his body” (1 Peter 2:24). We are called to imitate Christ. Go back to 2:21 – “for you were […]
PHall | July 15, 2023
Is my new creation like this old creation? By going back to the old creation in Genesis 1:1-3, we find this progression: 1. God is the creator who brings into existence something out of nothing (1:1). 2. Creation begins with chaos, being formless, empty, and dark…and yet God’s Spirit is there providing hope for the […]
PHall | July 15, 2023
When creating, notice that God is speaking to the environment from which He is bringing life: • God speaks to the earth – Genesis 1:11) Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation”. • God speaks to the water and sky – Genesis 1:20) Then God said, “Let the water swarm with living creatures, and […]
PHall | July 15, 2023
“That’s not fair”. It is hard to not feel that the punishment from God dealt to the young prophet was a raw deal (1 Kings 13). 1. God told the young prophet not to eat, so he didn’t. 2. The old prophet lied to the young prophet saying God told him he could eat. 3. […]
PHall | July 15, 2023
A – NEGATIVE EFFECT INWARD AND OUTWARD: 42) “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away —• Contrast between tempting and few. B – PRESENT PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT FOR FAILING: it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into […]
PHall | July 15, 2023
“Salted with fire” (Mark 9:49) is a notoriously hard saying of Jesus. Context can help. Before this difficult text (Mark 9:42-50), there is a scene whose imagery lends the metaphors of fire and water. A demon possessed son is being tossed into the water and fire (Mark 9:22). The father asks Jesus to have compassion […]