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PHall | April 28, 2023
Forty years ago today, I said my vows to the wrong person. The vows were good – “I take Janet to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health” – I just shouldn’t have […]
PHall | March 8, 2023
Spider Solitaire is like Calvinism. The game gives you two choices: 1) “Random shuffle” which includes games impossible to win. You play without knowing if you can succeed. 2) “Winnable games” are those possible to win. You might not succeed, but going in you know the game is not stacked against you. So, which theology […]
PHall | March 8, 2023
Genesis 1 is about God participating within creation although separate from creation. Only by being outside of the material world could he create it. As we know, God’s world functions according to its form, such as every living thing reproducing “according to their kinds” (Gen.1:21,24,25). Then God participates in this reproduction pattern. God is “reproducing” […]
PHall | March 8, 2023
A Pew Moments with Perry – Why Should Jews Accept Jesus as Messiah? A discussion between one believing in Jesus and a modern Jew centered on why today’s Jews should believe in Jesus. After making an affirmative argument that Jesus did claim messiahship and deity, the counter argument was that Jesus’s conception of the […]
PHall | February 20, 2023
Chiasm – 1 Timothy 1:12-17 A – PAUL GIVES THANKS: I give thanks B – LORD: “I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord who has strengthened me, C – PAUL APPOINTED TO MINISTRY: because he considered me faithful, appointing me to the ministry — D – PAUL A SINNER: even though I […]
PHall | February 10, 2023
The Golden Rule Doesn’t Mean What We Think “Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (CSB’17 Matthew 7:12) I am horrible at buying gifts. Part of that inadequacy is me not paying enough attention to get to know others. […]
PHall | February 10, 2023
Why Elders Are to be Husbands Why are shepherds within congregations to be husbands? According to Strauch in Biblical Eldership, the responsibilities of elders are fourfold: 1. Protect 2. Lead 3. Feed 4. Care I agree and see this expanding into a different area that will loop back towards shepherds. Husbands have these same 4 […]
PHall | February 10, 2023
Age of Elders In a paper called, “Elders in Context”, the writer examines “elders” throughout Jewish and Israel’s history. It is interesting how culture changes perceptions, even of an enduring position. Consider this quote: Concerning judges in the Quram community, “…in the Book of Meditation (no one is sure what this was) and, significantly, basic […]
PHall | February 10, 2023
Was Jesus Including You in the Golden Rule? The answer to this question is a LOUD, “YOU BETCHA!” The way some act, they appear exempt or else they have a severe personality defect. Here’s what I mean…. 1. You would think some enjoy public pain and humiliation. They beam with glee when they “comfort the […]
PHall | February 7, 2023
A Second Golden Rule “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Matthew 7:12). This is a common phrasing of the Golden Rule. This is another way of phrasing the 2nd Great Command – “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39). Both are expressions of the Law and Prophets. That means both […]