PHall | August 14, 2011
Bible Reading Tip #1 – Read with intent, as if you were speaking the words yourself. This makes the reading come alive. Have a conversation with the text. Bible Reading Tip #2 – Read with prayer, pausing over the meaning and praying with personal application. Have a conversation with God. Bible Reading Tip #3 – [...]
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PHall | August 11, 2011
1 Samuel 11:6 NASB Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and he became very angry. 1 Samuel 11:6 HCSB When Saul heard these words, the Spirit of God suddenly took control of him, and his anger burned furiously. 1 Samuel 11:6 ESV And the Spirit of God [...]
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PHall | August 9, 2011
Jeremiah 36:23 NASB When Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut it with a scribe’s knife and threw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier. Jeremiah 36:23 HCSB As soon as Jehudi would read three or [...]
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PHall | August 9, 2011
Jeremiah 1:8 NASB “Do not be afraid of them, For I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 1:8 HCSB “Do not be afraid of anyone, for I will be with you to deliver you.” This is the LORD’s declaration. Jeremiah 1:8 ESV Do not be afraid of them, for I am [...]
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PHall | August 9, 2011
Jeremiah 13:1 NASB Thus the LORD said to me, “Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water.” Jeremiah 13:1 HCSB This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it on, but do not put [...]
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PHall | August 8, 2011
When we compare Samuel and John the Baptist’s narratives, we find remarkable similarities. Such are giant coincidences or grand conspiracies, or what they truly are – marks of inspiration and divine authenticity. Tribe of Levi (1 Chron.6.22-28; Lk.1.5) Wife Barren (1 Sam.1.2; Lk.1.7) House of God – Tabernacle and Temple (1 Sam.1.7; Lk.1.9) Prayer for [...]
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PHall | August 7, 2011
Search the Biblical history of the Jews and you discover that they believed without rationale, a self-told lie. This lie gave them false security despite it warping the character of God. Their lie turned God into a selfish, self-centered egomaniac. They persuaded themselves that God would not, could not,
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PHall | August 6, 2011
Our text is written in the days of the Judges, a dark period of time in more than one way. The dawn of a new era begins with Samuel, the last Judge and the beginning of a prophetic frenzy for the next few hundred years (Acts 3.24). In the call of Samuel we have three [...]
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