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PHall | November 9, 2019
Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do good things happen to bad people? “Free will” is one very good answer; but that is an answer which has God backing away, necessarily, in order for free will to exist. God is not Deistic, because He is both immanent and transcendent. Free will hinges […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
What’s the greatest accomplishment God had made in your life? If “freedom from spiritual slavery” (i.e., forgiveness of sins) isn’t at the top, then think again, because that one cost the life of God incarnate. Too often we act like the Israelites of Numbers 14-15. They saw Canaan and the giants and refused to allow […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
If you don’t think studying the Bible can be fun, consider the ironies found in Numbers 12:1. Aaron and Miriam complain “Does the Lord speak only through Moses? Does He not also speak through us?” and then immediately after that, “And the Lord heard”. The irony is they claim God speaks through them, but if […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
There is never “just one reason” people sin. If there is an underlying reason causing most every sin it just might be…. Going back to Eve, she wanted…. (Genesis 3) Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because…. (Numbers 12) Korah and incites people against Moses and Aaron in order to…. (Numbers 16) The angels did not […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
What makes for a bad discussion even before the discussion? A bad mood; and bad attitudes.Notice the time frame of the following which Matthew alerts us to by the phrase, “at that time”. “At that time” (11:25; 12:1) shows that within the time frame of 12:1 and the Sabbath confrontations, we have 11:25 and what […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
If you are a fan of real Country music, you probably – definitely – don’t even listen to Country music on the radio much at all these days. “But Country music is more popular than ever!” goes the defense. Nope. Country music is hardly played anymore on the radio. The modern brand left its roots […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
Jesus was what Eve desired; and did not hold on to what Eve took. What Jesus had a right to, Eve did not, and yet she grasped after what Jesus was willing to let go. So He became what she and Adam were, to show us what to be.If this is convoluted, let’s juxtapose these […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
“In the same way these people — relying on their dreams — defile their flesh, reject authority, and slander glorious ones. Yet when Michael the archangel was disputing with the devil in an argument about Moses’s body, he did not dare utter a slanderous condemnation against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”” (CSB’17 Jude […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
Have you been guilty of getting overly excited, or even agitated concerning the esoteric meaning of a word or passage? Or have you witnessed or heard of someone be annoying over something they think you don’t, but thankfully they do?If you are having trouble conceptualizing this let me give an example: “We don’t go to […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
People say, Mark 16:16 is not part of the original text. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 is an interpolation. 1 Timothy 2:11-12 is not an authentic Pauline text.That is what many say. But why? Two reasons, I suggest.The first deals with manuscripts:1) The earliest manuscripts don’t have Mark 16:8ff. And yet, in the curiously the oldest manuscripts […]