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PHall | September 9, 2015
I know not every one believes the Bible has chiasms in it; but for those who do (and maybe for those who don’t), here is a simple one I noticed today: Genesis 3:9-19 A – God to Adam B – God to Eve C – God to Serpent B’ – God to Eve A’ – […]
PHall | September 6, 2015
John 11:1-12:3 – When seeing the chiastic structure of the resurrection of Lazarus we learn something surprising: the center is not the dramatic action scene of the resurrection of Lazarus; nor is it the emotionally dramatic scene of Jesus weeping. The center is not on what Jesus does; but on who Jesus is. The center is […]
PHall | August 13, 2015
A – Jude serves our Savior, Jesus Christ (1a) B – Beloved in God and kept for Jesus Christ (1b) C – Mercy, love, and salvation (2-3a) D – Contend for the faith (3b) E – Prophecies from the OT (4-7) F – False Teachers Described (8) G – Michael the Archangel (9) (Apocryphal Source) […]
PHall | August 6, 2015
A – Habakkuk’s First Complaint About God’s Justice (1:2-4) – Waiting In Doubt B – Yahweh’s First Response (1:5-11) – Babylon’s Army C – Habakkuk’s Second Complaint About God’s Justice (1:12-2:1) – Babylon’s Wickedness D – Yahweh’s Second Response (2:2-5) – The Righteous Live by Faith C’ – Five Woes (2:6-20) – Babylon’s Wickedness B’ […]
PHall | July 3, 2015
Outline A – Promise of the Lord – Present Heavens and Earth (3:7-9) B – The Day of the Lord – Heavens and Elements Dissolved (3:10) C – How We Should Live in Present Heavens and Earth (3:11) B’ – The Day of the God – Heavens and Elements Dissolved (3:12) A’ – Promise of […]
PHall | July 3, 2015
If the theme of 2 Peter is “make every effort to confirm your calling and election (1:10),” which is our part; then that fits in with the chiastic middle which is God is able to rescue the godly (2:4-10a), which is God’s part. A – Peter Teaching Knowledge (1:1-2) B – Make Every Effort to […]
PHall | March 5, 2015
1 Peter 3:1-16 (HCSB) A – (1) In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the Christian message, they may be won over without a message by the way their wives live (2) when they observe your pure, reverent lives. B – (3) Your beauty should […]
PHall | January 25, 2015
When something is wrong, you fix it. Negatively, you remove what is bad or corrupting. Positively, to correct what is wrong, you restore what is right. Think about that, no one would disagree; and yet when it comes to the Bible somehow the rules change. So the point of this lesson is simple: To correct […]
PHall | November 15, 2014
A – Support for Work (10:5-15) Judgment Day – More Tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah (5.15) B –Persecutions and Family Because of Relationship to Christ (10:16-25) C – Don’t Fear Men; Fear God: Persecution vs. Eternity (10:26-31) B’ – Relationship to Christ Because of Persecutions and Family – (10:32-39) A’ – Support for Work (10:40-42) […]
PHall | November 14, 2014
Acts 2:40-47 (HCSB) (40) And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt generation!” (41) So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about 3,000 people were added to them. (42) And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the fellowship, to the […]