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PHall | March 6, 2024
I’ve long believed the emphasis on “desire” is connected to the deeper question of spiritual maturity, which does not allow mere external circumstances or influences* to discourage or impede one’s appointment. * Examples: 1. I just can’t do the job (you are not doing it by yourself; it’s not about you, at all); 2. I don’t […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
Why Live Holy Lives? “Be holy for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16) is enough reason to be holy. However, Peter expands in chapter 2 other reasons, both inwardly spiritual and outwardly focused: 1. Because we have been born again – 2:1 2. To grow into our salvation – 2:2 3. Proof we have tasted […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
Did the class on social media and the Christian. We began with both positives and negatives (including using social media for evangelism). Then we concluded with these three guidelines: 1. Prioritize people over devices – Phil.2 (If there is any consolation, fellowship, love, etc., be of the same mind). 2. Pause before posting – James […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
Peter and Paul’s Different Reasoning for Us Submitting to Government Authorities Both Peter and Paul argue that as Christians we are to submit to governmental authorities. And while there are similarities in their instructions, when we ask, “How does this submitting to governmental authorities fit into the themes of each book?” And, “Why do these […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
The First 5 of the 10 Commandments For those who like chiasms, this helps explain a few things. Unlike the Christian community, Jews combine what we consider the first two commands into one, making them the second command or as the Jews call these, “words” (instead of commands). Therefore the Jews see this list as […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
In reading the Genesis of man and woman being created out of dust and a rib, it is easy for the scholarly and skeptics to take the details metaphorically. While metaphors are not literal, literal details can have metaphor-like meanings. Genesis 2 shows Adam was given the charge to cultivate and protect the garden. […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
A – GENERAL – 2:11-12 B – RULE – GOVERNMENT – 2:13-17 C – SUBJECT – HOUSESLAVES – 2:18-20 D – EXAMPLE – CHRIST – 2:21-25 C’ – SUBJECT – WIVES – 3:1-6 B’ – RULE – HUSBANDS – 3:7 A’ – GENERAL – 3:8-12
PHall | March 1, 2024
Weaker Vessel (1 Peter 3:7) When reading the Bible, women are AS (important word) the “weaker vessel” (1 Peter 3:7). This means women are not literally a weaker vessel, but rather men are to treat them AS a weaker vessel, something delicate, precious, and needing protection. Men must be careful not to impose upon the […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
Jesus Explains What He Preaches Heard an argument that born of water (John 3:5) cannot mean water baptism because there is no precedent for Nicodemus to connect Jesus’s words to. Well, if that is true, and I don’t grant that (3:10), then connect Jesus’s words to his follow-up actions: John 3:22 – After this (i.e., […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
Reading Past John 3:16 Do we sometimes miss a powerful point because we stop reading? John 3:16 is so well-known that people stop reading. What happens if we keep reading? Notice these contrasts: “For God loved the world” (John 3:16) vs. “People loved the darkness” (John 3:19) “He gave his one and only Son” (John […]