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PHall | June 22, 2012
Never underestimate the ignorance of your…self. That is a perryphrase of a popular saying given to speakers. Everyone once in a while I discover something I didn’t know, and often it is simple. There is a phrase in the baptism scene of Jesus where He says to His cousin and baptizer, “Allow it for now, because […]
PHall | May 31, 2012
Isaiah 38:2-3 (NASB) Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, (3) and said, “Remember now, O LORD, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Isaiah 38:2-3 (HCSB) […]
PHall | October 12, 2011
1 John 1:1-4 (Peter J. Leithart, The Epistles of John, From Behind the Veil, p.33) A. What was from the beginning B. what we have heard C. what we have seen with our eyes D. what we have gazed upon and our hands have handled E. concerning the Word of Life D’ life was manifested […]
PHall | September 11, 2011
As we continually focus on the three time periods of the stories within 2 Samuel (when it happened, when written, and when read), let us in this section focus on when 2 Samuel 11-12 is written so we can see the main emphasis of the writer. We do this by noticing his chiastic structure which […]
PHall | June 9, 2011
A – Adam Addressed (3.9-12) B – Eve Addressed (3.13) C – Serpent/Satan Cursed (3.14-15) B’ – Eve Cursed (3.16) A’ – Adam Cursed (3.17-19)
PHall | April 27, 2010
Exodus 17:7 NASB He named the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us, or not?” A – Massah (i.e. test) B – Meribah (i.e, quarrel) B’ – Quarrel of the sons of Israel A’ – Tested the […]
PHall | April 15, 2010
Philippians 1:15-17 NASB (15) Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will; (16) the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel; (17) the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, […]
PHall | March 10, 2010
(9) that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; (10) for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. This might be the most easily recognized chiasm […]
PHall | February 24, 2010
A – apart from the law (7:8) B – sin is dead (7:8) B’ – I was alive (7:8) A’ – apart from the law (7:9)
PHall | February 22, 2010
A – You will know them by their fruits (7:16) B – Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles (7:16) C – Every good tree bears good fruit; The bad tree bears bad fruit (7:17) C’ – A good tree cannot produce bad fruit; Nor can a bad tree produce good […]