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PHall | August 31, 2024
Years ago, it was common to hear arguments concerning the difference between aids and additions in worshiping God. This involved hermeneutics. For now, let’s presume we all agree that adding to the word is unscriptural. How do we know when we are simply using an aid? Where does the Bible authorize aids? If additions are […]
PHall | August 31, 2024
All through God’s word He warns against Going Beyond (2 John 9), Adding and Taking Away (Deut 4:2), and Turning to the Right or Left (Deut.17:11), which is another way of saying don’t add or subtract. Obviously additions are not approved by God. While aids are scriptural and additions are not, when does an […]
PHall | August 31, 2024
In number #1, we established that Aids are unavoidable in obeying commands. Every command of God involves some means or mode that are man-made. When it comes to commands (Heb.10:25) and examples (Acts 2:46) to meet together, obviously it is unavoidable to meet without having a place to meet. Therefore, a “meeting place” fits criteria […]
PHall | March 18, 2024
What If I Want to Eat the Cake I Have? “You can’t have your cake and eat it too”. 1. Well, you can’t eat you cake unless you have it in the first place, so duh!. 2. Then again, to “have” can mean to “eat”, as a synonym. 3. Why would one have a cake […]
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 3, 2024
How to Study (a variation on the 5 P’s): 1. POWERED by the Spirit, 2. PRAY for understanding, 3. POUR OVER the scripture(s), 4. PONDER the meaning and application, then 5. PRACTICE The original 5 P’s are: “5P’s” – Pause to Ponder the Passage then Practice it in the Power of the Spirit.
PHall | July 27, 2022
On 31W in Millersville, TN, I saw a sign that read, “North Korea”. More accurately, I “saw” a sign that read, “North Korea “. Even more accurately, I didn’t see a sign that read, “North Korea.” And this happens in the Bible study way too often. My brain saw what the eyes saw and […]
PHall | October 13, 2021
They Did It Wrong, So We Know What Is Right I’ve concluded that (almost) everything first century churches did, they messed up. Oh, they did much good, especially in evangelism (1 Thessalonians). However, I think it is safe to say we often know what churches were supposed to do right because they got corrected when […]
PHall | September 2, 2021
A Serious Game On the surface this is a fun game. Going deeper this is a hermeneutics lesson. But first, find 3 differences in these two pictures. Now, these games actually make a good illustration of studying the Bible. 1. If our interpretation doesn’t match Jesus, it is not a perfect match. 2. If our […]
PHall | February 19, 2020
If you have to explain a joke, it no longer is funny. Likewise, when you have to explain “hermeneutics”, it no longer is simple. For example, is the following text difficult to understand:• “Some time later, David inquired of the LORD: “Should I go to one of the towns of Judah?” The LORD answered him, […]