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PHall | November 18, 2025
Malachi and the Thief on the Cross Malachi has a unique teaching technique: 1. God makes an Accusation. 2.Then God Cross-examines Himself by speaking for the audience. 3.This is followed by God giving the evidence to convict. This got me thinking how this method could work today: 1. Accusation – “You are not saved because […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
The Only Begotton and First Born Jesus taught how the real events of the OT show his coming (John 5; Luke 24). Here are how two separate narratives become one in Jesus. Sacrifices, the Only and the First Born: Stories Foretelling Jesus 1. God provided the sacrifice to save the only begotten son (Genesis 22; […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Why Are We Told the Story of Jael? There is only one woman in the Bible who directly killed a man. Her name was Jael. She hammered a tentpeg into the skull of Sisera (Judges 4). Why are we told this story? Considering she is the only woman in the Bible to have killed a […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Atheist claims Bible contradicts science Student – “I see conflict between the Bible and the age of the earth because the Bible teaches the earth is young while science proves it is ancient.” Answer – “The Bible does not contradict science because the creation story shows that God created everything with age as part of […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
If churches were in the business of sports and treated preachers as athletes: 1. “Training camp invite” is when a preacher is invited for a gospel meeting that doubles as a “tryout”. 2. “Restricted free agent” is when a preacher informs the leadership he has been asked by another congregation to move there but the […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Sacrificiing our Children – One of the most terrifying chapters in the Bible is Genesis 22, where God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son, but intervenes and stops it. As a “living parable”, we see a prophecy of The Father and Son at the cross. This helps dissipates the horror. The question is, in a […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
I Met A Man On Death Row I met a young man on death row, obviously with a criminal past. He had accepted his own guilt and didn’t blame anyone except himself, including “the system”. And yet it is equally obvious he knew a lot concerning spiritual matters. For example, he knew: 1. There was […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Irrational Unbelief When speaking with Atheists and Agnostics, a common complaint is, “When I read the Bible, I see a God that does things that I don’t agree with such as….” So their reason for unbelief is they don’t like the evidence! How would that thinking work in the real world? “I don’t like the […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
A Ship of Fellows; Not A Ship of Fools The word “fellowship” can be divided into two parts. 1. FELLOW – The base word means “of the same kind”. A synonym is “partners”. 2. SHIP – As a suffix, “ship” means “state of being”. Put together, fellowship is “the state of being of the same […]
PHall | November 18, 2025
Who Are “The Rest” in 1 Timothy 5:19? Who are the “rest” who should be “fearful” in 1 Timothy 5:20? What group does “the rest” refer to? While it is understandable that “the rest” be interpreted as the rest of the congregation; there is another group – “the rest” of the elders. As is common […]