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PHall | May 20, 2019
Isaiah is the Bible in Miniature Isaiah:1. Section one is mostly doom (ch.1-35).2. Section two is mostly historical and personal – Hezekiah (36-39).3. Section three is mostly hope (ch.40-66)4. Isaiah has 66 chapters. Bible:1. Section one is the mostly doom (OT).2. Section two is mostly historical and personal – Jesus (4 Gospels).3. Section three is mostly […]
PHall | April 2, 2019
“Here I am”. This phrase of availability, opportunity, and vulnerability, when said to God, is not very common; but when it is watch out! “Here I am” said Abraham twice. The first time leading to the “binding of Isaac” and certain death. The second time probably said in hope combined with fear as God’s angel […]
PHall | February 9, 2018
Would you be surprised if you talked about the best restaurant, someone would ask about their food? Can you discuss the NBA without it being somehow connected to basketball? If someone preaches about Jesus, should it lead to the hearer wanting to be baptized? That is exactly what happened when Phillip taught about Jesus beginning […]
PHall | February 14, 2017
The Servant Songs of Isaiah In studying the Servant Songs there is a definite and surprisng move from brightness to darkness. The first sings of God’s pleasure in His Servant and how the Servant will not break a bruised reed (Isa.42:1-4). The second has the Servant singing a melancholy song of depression; while questioning His […]
PHall | February 11, 2017
Did Jesus ever get depressed, despondent, or at least disappointed in His impact on others? Last night we had an enlightening and hopefully uplifting – because misery loves company – time with the 2nd Servant Song (Isaiah 49:1ff). We recalled the many NT passages which gave reality to the first two lines of v.4 which […]
PHall | February 3, 2017
How much better is the New Covenant than the Old? Excluding all the “betters” of Hebrews, the Servant Songs of Isaiah say Yahweh will appoint Jesus to be a covenant for the people (42:6; 49:8). Just think about that. We don’t have a covenant with God. Jesus is God’s covenant with us, and our covenant […]
PHall | December 7, 2016
Ra Ra Religion (Isaiah 53:5): The Physician’s Assistant meant well, but her theological pablum did not feed my soul. After surgery I had my post-op appointment. Because I waited three years, my crushed nerves “might heal in a day, a year, or never heal”. That was her medical opinion. Her theological opinion was, “by His […]
PHall | October 7, 2016
When armed with God’s spiritual weapons and doing battle, we see how unconventional our warfare methods are (Isa.2:4; 2 Cor.6:7; 10:3-5; Eph.6:10-17): 1) We must use those same weapons of war on ourselves simultaneously as we are fighting others; 2) We must try to defeat our enemies by offering God’s sanctuary and thereby winning them […]
PHall | March 2, 2014
In Hezekiah’s restoration movement, it is interesting and instructive to note that 2 Chronicles focuses on the outward aspects of Yahweh’s worship (what some call “religion”), while the book of Isaiah focuses on the inward (what some call “spirituality”). God’s word without our hearts is not worship. Our hearts without God’s word is not worship. […]
PHall | June 3, 2013
Most accept E = MC2 because Einstein said it, not because they understand it, having more faith in Einstein than themselves; yet they reject what God says because they do not understand it, having more faith in themselves than God.