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PHall | October 24, 2015
Skeptics doubt the existence of Goliath as told in the Bible – 10 foot tall. The explanation of how he could have really existed is rather simple. Goliath lived around 1000 B.C. Coffee wasn’t discovered until the 10th century A.D. Some say coffee stunts your growth. Now we know how their could be giants in […]
PHall | October 20, 2015
There was a special inner chamber the High Priest entered once a year with his special robes which he laid down (Lev.16:23), and contained the Ark of the Covenant covered with the Mercy Seat surrounded on each end by Cherubim. There was a special inner chamber our High Priest entered once, where He lay aside […]
PHall | October 20, 2015
Breaking the Pottery No metaphor is perfect, even metaphors God uses. Their imperfection does not come from something wrong with the one making it though, but rather in how it is used once made. For example, “So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working away at the wheel. But the […]
PHall | October 20, 2015
NASB (17) The world is passing away, and [also] its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever. HCSB (17) And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever. ESV (17) And the world is passing away along with its desires, but […]
PHall | October 19, 2015
NASB (16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. HCSB (16) For everything that belongs to the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the […]
PHall | October 19, 2015
NASB (7) Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. HCSB (7) Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old command that you have had from the […]
PHall | October 19, 2015
NASB (6) the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. HCSB (6) The one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked. ESV (6) whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he […]
PHall | October 19, 2015
1 John 1:10 NASB (10) If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us. HCSB (10) If we say, “We don’t have any sin,” we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. ESV (10) If we say we have not […]
PHall | October 19, 2015
One reason Biblical research is needed, and scholars and historians are important, is to fill in the blanks. Not blanks of truth, but blanks caused by our being removed 2000 years another culture. Just as 2 millennium ago the common title Super Bowl might mean a big or important round dish; today we need these […]