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PHall | January 23, 2024
At Home in this World and Is This World is our Home? I’m concerned. If there was one succinct answer as to why so many believers fall away, it might be this: Are we living as “strangers” in this world (1 Peter 1:1)? Two ways Christians can fail in this: 1. At home in this […]
PHall | January 23, 2024
There probably isn’t “one” single way to express a Biblical hermeneutic, but here is one I like based on “Be holy for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16). In order of appearance: #1. Precept – “Be….” #2. Principle – “Holy” #3. Purpose – “For” #4. Person (of God) – “I am holy” Which of these […]
PHall | January 23, 2024
The Parable of the Car Battery: Preaching in the kingdom of Heaven is like a car battery: 1. Positive needed. 2. Negative needed. 3. It gets you going. 4. Maintenance needed. 5. Being connected is needed. 6. But…and this might be the most important…the parts of the car that are started by the battery (i.e., […]
PHall | January 23, 2024
What does a funeral have in common with the gospel? The Greek word for Blessed as in praising is eulogētos – lit., good words. The Greek word for Gospel is euangelion – lit., good news. The difference between these is, we say good words ABOUT someone; but we say good news FOR someone. Our English […]
PHall | January 23, 2024
Does the Israelite Temple and Tabernacle foreshadow the Trinity to prepare God’s people? 1. The temple/tabernacle is where Yahweh would “put His name” and “rest”. 2. The temple/tabernacle was a physical dwelling of God among His people. 3. The temple/tabernacle was filled with the Shekinah or Glory of Yahweh. Then Jesus appears: 1. Jesus is […]
PHall | January 23, 2024
A – NEGATIVE – IF WE SAY – LIAR: 6) If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” and yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. B – POSITIVE – WE WALK – CLEANSE: 7) If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, […]
PHall | January 13, 2024
Did you know our English word “believe” is etymologically related to “love”? When we “believe” in God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, we “be-love” them. Therefore, to believe is an act of love. Playing around more with the word “believing”…. “Believing” begins with “be” and ends with “ing”. When we are “BE-lieving-ING” we are “BE-ING”. […]
PHall | January 13, 2024
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil What was the mysterious Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil? Why did God put it in the middle of the garden? How does a tree represent free will? To understand what “good” and “evil” are contextually, we need to go back to the beginning. […]
PHall | January 13, 2024
Do we sometimes “see” what we are and not what is? I am not saying that we are purposely “seeing” what we WANT to see; but rather that we see what we are feeling, believing, and such instead of seeing what is really there. Do you think that is possible? For example, the following could […]
PHall | January 13, 2024
“What Would Jesus Do?” Good question. It asks what Jesus’ reaction would be. To answer that question, we could ask, WDJD – What Did Jesus Do? Add to that another good question that also would keep us on the right path – “What Would Jesus Be Doing?” Not all of life is a […]