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PHall | March 31, 2013
Disciples follow by first by being with and learning, and finally by imitating. Following Jesus is an important aspect of the story of Jesus calming the storm (Mt 8.23-27). Matthew places stories together that help to interpret each other, one setting up the other, using a literary technique called a “catchword” to tie these themes […]
PHall | March 30, 2013
If we were to read a religious book that taught something contrary to the Bible such as polytheism is more ancient than monotheism, we know which we would believe. If we were to read a historical book that taught something contrary to the Bible such as the Israelites were a warfaring people that fought for […]
PHall | March 30, 2013
In the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, there is display called, “A Jew in a Glass Box” where he answers questions for a generation far removed from the guilt of the Holocaust, and far removed from knowing any or many Jews, meaning they are strangely close to the desired Final Solution. Only 200,000 Jewish Germans […]
PHall | March 29, 2013
Atheists love this prayer: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will completely their destroy their cities” (Nm 21.2). Yahweh listens, the Canaanites are defeated and Israel frees those previously taken captive (21,3). On a human level, this appears more than a rescue mission, it reeks of revenge. Atheists love scriptures where […]
PHall | March 28, 2013
“I don’t know why I did that, that’s not who I am.” “I don’t know why I said that, that’s not like me.” Stress causes not only regret, but confusion, even questions about self-identity. The question is, “Who are we really? The person who behaves properly or when under duress acts aberrantly?” The answer is…. […]
PHall | March 27, 2013
If “worship” is a verb then we can’t worship unless we are doing something as an action of worship; and if “believe” is a verb, then we can’t believe unless we are doing something as an action of believe. Both worship and believe are verbs. Are we defining them properly by our lives?
PHall | March 26, 2013
PHall | March 26, 2013