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Biblical truth standing on its spiritual head to get our eternal attention.

John 11:35 – The Problem of Pain for God

| April 18, 2010

One of the wondrous revelations within John 11 is that the problem of pain is not just a problem for mankind. It is a problem for God. Does that strange at best, or at worst, blasphemous? If so we are missing the reality behind the relationships which are filled with pain not just for the […]

Galatians 5:20 – Idols of the Mind

| February 6, 2010

IDOLS OF THE MIND (Francis Bacon – Novum Organum) (The Stone Campbell Movement, p.28) A.        Those fallacies from tradition and faulty think that blind people to facts. B.        Idols of the Tribe – stem from the sluggish mind that is satisfied and too lazy to think, and accepts only those things that support its superstitions […]

Hebrews 5:8 – He Learned Obedience

| October 15, 2009

Question – In understanding omniscience, an interesting question is, “is some knowledge only obtained empirically?”  Is it possible the Father “cannot sympathize with our weaknesses” (Hebrews 4:15)?  Is it possible that Jesus can only because he experienced humanity and was “tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15).  Apparently there is […]

Hebrews 1:4 – Inherited a more excellent name

| October 15, 2009

Theologians have debated when the Sonship of Jesus began.  Did it begin at all? “The doctrine of Eternal Sonship simply affirms that the second person of the triune Godhead has eternally existed as the Son. In other words there was never a time when He was not the Son of God and there has always […]

Romans 1:18-32 – The Evolution of God

| October 15, 2009

“The evolution of God” is both a modern and ancient blasphemy. Both primitive societies and those supposedly intellectually advanced and therefore superior, share in common the flaw where they “suppress the truth” (Romans 1:18) and become “futile in their speculations” (Romans 1:21).  Both ancients and moderns professing to be wise, … became fools (Romans 1:22).  […]

2 Timothy 3:16 – Inspiration or Out-Spiration

| September 24, 2009

Breathe in, breathe out.  There…I have defined, illustrated and explained inspiration.  For some reason though, I think a further and definitely deeper explanation is needed and useful.  As words literally cannot be said without the breath of life, divine inspiration is the breath of spiritual life.  But I dare not say that such a study […]

Philippians 2:7 – Christological Treatise: Attributes of Deity with Application to Incarnation

| September 24, 2009

                                                A CHRISTOLOGICAL TREATISE:                                                     THE ATTRIBUTES OF DEITY                                      WITH APPLICATION TO THE INCARNATION                                                                   By Perry D. Hall                                                                 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this essay is to define the “Kenosis” by defending the thesis that Jesus retained all essential, divine, attributes while incarnated.  Our apologia will be buttressed by understanding the […]

Romans 1:20 – Theiotes

| September 17, 2009

Theiotes/Godhead [KJV] (2305) – 1.         “divinity,…is derived from theios…and is to be distinguished from theotes….” (Vine, p.330.); 2.    divinity, divine nature” (Thayer, p.285.)

Eccesiastes 3:16 – Wickedness in the Place of Righteousness

| September 15, 2009

The problem of evil has always existed “under the sun.”  Some of this is purposeful, for man is often wicked himself.  A small dose of wickedness is accidental, or done with good intentions.  For example, in the American court system, many a criminal runs free because of a good principle: the rights of the individual […]

Ecclesiastes 3:18 – A Reason for Suffering

| September 15, 2009

18 I said to myself [lit., in my heart] concerning the sons of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.” Both within Philosophy and Theology the problem of pain, the problem of evil, has been the most troubling argument against the existence of a benevolent […]