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PHall | May 31, 2013
“Saved by faith” (Part 2) – We are saved by faith and cannot be saved by obedience because no one obeys perfectly. True, but does anyone have perfect faith? No. “Lord, I believe, help my unbelief” (Mark 9:24). So yes we are saved by faith, even saved by obedience, meaning saved by the obedience of […]
PHall | May 30, 2013
If we tie together the deliverance prayers of Hezekiah for Jerusalem and himself, against certain Assyrian annihilation and mortal illness; and if we have correctly made the connection that both of these are death and resurrection motifs; then we become enlightened as to what a faithful prayer by a righteous man is – dead to […]
PHall | May 30, 2013
“Saved by faith” means saved by Christ’s sacrificial perfection and not by our doctrinal perfection. “Saved by faith” means saved by trusting God’s promises and not by trusting our actions. “Saved by faith” means the worst of us can be saved while the best of us can be lost. “Saved by faith” is open to […]
PHall | May 30, 2013
PHall | May 30, 2013
Scholarly works do not implore puns, so when you see one, it is even funnier because it is unintended. While reading “The Nubian Pharaohs, Black Kings on the Nile,” the writer of the foreword said, “Following all the attention focused on Nubia in the 1960’s (part of which disappeared beneath the rising waters of Lake […]
PHall | May 30, 2013
If I agree with you, I am open-minded. If I disagree with you, I am close-minded. If you disagree with me, you are open-minded and I am close-minded. If you agree with me, we are both open-minded. Apparently being open-minded does not mean being open to disagree, but only open to agree, and therefore does […]
PHall | May 30, 2013
PHall | May 30, 2013
Although there is not scholarly consensus, and contrary to my previous conclusion, I now consider Hezekiah’s illness to be during the Assyrian siege, and not after the Deliverance of Jerusalem. When praying for his personal recovery, God’s answer is, “I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; I […]
PHall | May 30, 2013
American soldiers died so we can live as we freely please. The Son of God freely died so we can live as God pleases. The word solider means to serve with pay, going back to the Latin solidus, a Roman gold coin. Jesus died by the Romans and Jews to be our payment, more precious […]
PHall | May 30, 2013
Never have I met anyone who believes in Calvinistic Predestination who believes they are elected to be lost.