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PHall | January 27, 2018
Some want Jesus as their Savior but not their Lord because Lords must be obeyed. Others want Jesus as their Lord but not their Savior because only “others” need saving and they need just enough grace to finish what they lack. We tend to segment our relationship with God based on part of revelation. Some […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
Nothing Jesus did should have caused alarm; Moses, Elijah, Elisha and others likewise performed miracles. And yet, after Jesus cured a blind man he claimed, “Throughout history no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.” (John 9:32). Nothing Jesus taught should have caused consternation; all the prophets taught […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
3 Passages: 1) Genesis 12:3: “I will bless those who bless you, I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt, and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” 2) Matthew 1:1: “An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:” 3) Matthew 28:18-20: “Jesus […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
Luke presents John the Baptist as the descendant of Aaron the High Priest (Luke 1). The apostle John presents the Immerser as saying, “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). Thought of in this way, […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
Sacred space. Defined, that is space filled or inhabited by God. The burning bush, Mt.Sinai, and Jesus incarnated are all examples. When we read 1 Corinthians, a most troubled congregation, we see how the “body” (3:16 ; 6:19) houses the Holy Spirit. In the first, the body is the church; in the second the human […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
“Tree that’s been at White House since 1800’s to be removed.” That was the headline. Being curious why, I read the article. Was it a political hackjob piece? Was it a self-serving decision based on White House aesthetics? Loving trees, I wanted to know. Then I read it was planted by President Jackson in memory […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
A constant danger I have noticed in myself – and which I constantly fight – is reacting to the false interpretations of scriptures instead of focusing on the point of the Holy Spirit’s text. For example, in my daily reading I came across Psalm 14. Verse 3 reads, “There is no one who does good, […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
People driving behind us might have thought I had too much to drink and way too early. Janet was driving and I was throwing up with my head out the window. No liqueur. Just somehow I had injected gluten (cross contamination I think). And yet there is a bible lesson – don’t judge based upon […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
Did you know we saw a fulfilled prophecy this week? Before the flood, cold and heat, summer and winter, are not mentioned. This is new due to the flood changing the world’s climate. The other time markers, dealing with farming and the sun and moon, are all mentioned in Genesis 1-2. That the flood changed […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
An addict told he tried to stay away from God, but God chased him down. Now exactly what he meant, I don’t know. But is he far off? Does the Bible teach we are chased by God? One of the advantages of using different translations is they use different words. Different words spark different thoughts. […]