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PHall | September 4, 2015
In declaring the omnipotence of God, and the impotence of humans, Christian apologists often point out that God created everything out of nothing – ex nihilo. This is something humans cannot do. We always need a starting substance. God did, man cannot. Not to take away from the glory of ex nihilo, but God did […]
PHall | July 31, 2015
It’s a good thing I am not a scientist because many of them confuse me. Recently a new planet, Kepler 452b, has been discovered that supposedly can sustain life. In fact scientists have been looking for planets capable of sustaining life assuming all life must be comparable to life on earth. Isn’t that a flawed […]
PHall | September 3, 2014
Remember Jesus saying to render to Caesar the things that are Cesar’s and to God the things that are God’s? The same word, eicon, is used there as here. People have often wondered what all Jesus encompassed by the second phrase, “the things that are God’s.” Could the Jews have missed what Jesus was really […]
PHall | April 19, 2014
PHall | July 18, 2012
Most of the arguments for the deity of Christ given by Himself within the gospels are not blatant declarations, but tacit, clever and somewhat shadowy implications. Does Jesus so early in His ministry, in His Sermon on the Mount, claim to be on par with the God of the Old Testament in 5:11-12? The preacher […]
PHall | May 17, 2012
“Another authenticating feature of the resurrection narrative is that the first appearances of the risen Christ were not to His disciples, but rather to women – to Mary Magdalene and the other women. This must have been an embarrassment to the apostles, Christ’s inner circle. They were likely quite jealous.” “According to Jewish principles of […]
PHall | November 23, 2011
God created (1:1); God said (1:2); God saw (1:4); God separated (1:4); God called (1:5); God said (1:6); God made (1:7); God called (1:8); God said (1:9); God called (1:10); God saw (1:10); God said (1:11); God saw (1:12); God said (1:14); God made (1:16); God placed (1:17); God saw (1:18); God said (1:20); God […]
PHall | November 11, 2010
Let’s begin with a game. “Who Am I?” I was born in Bethlehem. I will become famous for a battle in which I will be victorious. The number 40 will have significance. Before the battle ever began, I was chosen among my brothers, although not because of my appearance. I was sent by my father […]
PHall | October 25, 2010
Some of you are sitting in the pews, but just barely. It’s possible you are here because you have a drug problem…your parents drug you to church. It’s possible you are here, but not all of you. I’m not saying you are not “all there,” but rather not all of you is, “all here.” Your […]