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PHall | October 8, 2019
How and Why does Paul go from “And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled with the Spirit: speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs…. (Ephesians 5:18:19). I really like how the HCSB and CSB use the word “reckless” here. In English we can make the […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
The 7th Day Adventists teach Christian’s are to keep the Sabbath Day holy. Two main arguments are:1. God rested on the 7th day and made it holy.2. Early Christians met in the synagogues on the Sabbath.Both are true, but does that mean Christians must keep the 7th Day holy?Let’s examine the first claim.• “On the […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
Who owns your talent? Right next to each other we have two examples of contrasting uses of talent.Bezalel, among others was filled with “God’s Spirit, wisdom, understanding, and ability in every craft” (Exodus 31:2-3). These gifts were to be used in building the tabernacle, a place of worship (Exodus 31:7).Aaron, whether especially gifted by God […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
How has American ruined the gospel? One way is, while the gospel calls us away from ourselves, the modern “gospel” (which is not another), calls on God to grant our deepest wishes. The modern “gospel” says, “if you renounce everything, God will give you everything.” God becomes a means to an end, a vending machine, […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
If we can – join the church of our choice, choose which worship style fits us, and all that matters is we are sincere – then we have become our own God.This is one of the temptations within all three Jesus faced in the Wilderness:1. Turn the stones to bread instead of relying on God […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
At the beginning of Exodus the Israelites are making bricks as slaves for the false god Pharaoh. At the end of Exodus the Israelites are making the Tabernacle as freedmen for the true God Yahweh. What a difference God makes!
PHall | October 7, 2019
Wow, just an unbelievable wow! “When someone sins in any of these ways: …if someone touches anything unclean — a carcass of an unclean wild animal, or unclean livestock, or an unclean swarming creature — without being aware of it, he is unclean and incurs guilt.” (CSB Leviticus 5:1-2).Let me get this story straight. God […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
Don’t read this if you think chiasms are Perry’s imaginary friend. What they can do is lead us to see both surface truths and the deeper meanings; along with seeing things as we are meant to see (and maybe miss because of our Western eyes). I will present two chiasms on the same […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
Where’s the gospel in the conflict of Matthew 12 between the Pharisees and Jesus? Is it found in Jesus making two claims of divinity? If so, no wonder the Pharisees plotted his death.1. Matthew 12:6 – “I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.” (CSB).2. Matthew 12:8 – “For the Son of […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
Like with many questions, there is more than one right answer as to why Ananiasand Sapphira were put to death by God. May we learn why in many levels.1. SIN – The husband and wife conspired together to lie about how much they donated to help the needy saints (Acts 5:1-10).2. FEAR – The people […]