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PHall | April 1, 2020
Hebrews 5:1-10 ASV-PDH A – HIGH PRIEST: 1) For every high priest (archiereus), taken (lambano) from among (ek) men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God (theos), B – OFFERED SACRIFICES: that he may offer (prosphero) both gifts and sacrifices for sins (amartia): 2) who can (dunamai) bear gently with the ignorant and […]
PHall | March 9, 2020
Contrary to what the Bible says, I am asking us all to not “be strong and courageous”. We sing “be strong and courageous”: and we see Joshua commanding and encouraging “be strong and courageous”. So why am I asking us all to not “be and do”?It is because Absalom told his friends, in his seeking […]
PHall | March 9, 2020
Judas most infamously kissed Jesus in the garden. Why was this kiss so horrendously sinful and anti-scriptural?1. It was a sign identifying Jesus as the one. This led to Jesus arrest and death.2. It was through a method of showing relationship, even friendship. This makes it a hypocritical act.Now takes those two marks of Judas’ […]
PHall | March 9, 2020
God is faithful. We are faithful. The difference is direction, cause and effect, down to and up towards (and chiastic!) God can be counted on and I can count on God:A – GodB – can be counted on andB’ – I can count onA’ – God.Life is in this way cyclical. What God gives to […]
PHall | March 9, 2020
1. No matter how hard you try, you can’t get the baptistry perfectly clean. But Jesus’s blood can!2. Someone already did a “little thing” by replacing the chlorine tablets. Serving Jesus comes in many sizes.3. That “someone” is unknown to me. Service is often anonymous (including who cleaned the baptistry), and honestly demands acknowledging we […]
PHall | March 9, 2020
What if I told you “not from works so that no one can boast” in Ephesians 2:8, does not include baptism – but not because of why you might think? It wasn’t what I thought either.1. Baptism is not a “work” of man, but is a “work” of God (Colossians 2:12). But that is not […]
PHall | February 29, 2020
Not only are spiritual lessons learned from the Bible, practical lessons are taught as well. Probably none more easily learned than the following:1. Be Available2. Be Assertive3. Be Approachable4. Be ApprovingThere are even more that don’t begin with “A”! Who is our successful example? Absalom when he stole the hearts of Israel (2 Samuel 15). […]
PHall | February 27, 2020
What was the problem in 1 Corinthians? The Corinthian Christians were acting too much like the Corinthians in Corinth. Consider this: every problem in the church is the world in the church instead of the church in the world. The gospel does not fail, but when the gospel is manipulated to match what the world […]
PHall | February 27, 2020
Wanting what you cannot have is a recurring thematic plot in the Bible. Most infamously, that is what happened in the garden of Eden. It happened again as seen in David seeing and taking Bathsheba. Then again with David’s son Amnon with Tamar we see like son like father. Before that, Korah wanted priestly leadership […]
PHall | February 27, 2020
Matthew’s biography of Jesus has the end meet the beginning, bookends if you please. These are aimed at the shame of the recipients. Matthew 1 famously has the genealogy of Jesus showing his regal credentials as the King of the Jews. But notice these two divergent aims: 1) Matthew 2 we have the “king of […]