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PHall | May 21, 2018
What law did Cain break when he murdered Abel? As to what is revealed, God had not yet commanded “Thou shalt not kill” (Exodus 20:13). So for Cain, how was “sin crouching at the door” (Genesis 4:7) when sin is the violation of God’s revealed law (Romans 7:7)? The answer is necessary implication and inference. […]
PHall | May 21, 2018
Jesus stated: Matthew 18:3: ““Truly I tell you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Jesus very literally did this when the Creator of everything became a baby, and lived in subjection to his parents. Becoming like a child means many things but one thing is evident […]
PHall | May 21, 2018
A young lady approached me wanting help with the “contradictions” between the two creation accounts in Genesis 1-2. Firstly, these two chapters don’t contradict; they are complementary to each other just as coins have both heads and tails. Genesis 1 is geo-centric focusing on the earth. Genesis 2 is anthro-centric focusing on Adam and Eve […]
PHall | May 21, 2018
Ephesians 2:8-9: “For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift — not from works, so that no one can boast.” (CSB) “See, there is no mention of baptism, only faith therefore faith only.” Many no doubt have used or heard that argument. But what if […]
PHall | May 21, 2018
From one extreme to another. After the close of the inspired NT writings, Christians thought baptism so important they added many steps that had to be accomplished for emphasis before baptism: fasting, exorcism, exsufflation (blowing on their faces), standing on sackcloth or hair shirts, even removing clothing to symbolize putting off the old man. Today […]
PHall | May 21, 2018
When Jesus healed someone, including from death itself (Luke 7:11-15), He almost always touched the person (John 9:6) or at least spoke (John 5:8). Early writings by Christians (Tertullian, Ambrose, etc.) rightfully made comparisons between these physical healings and our spiritual healing received in baptism. One of the common references was to the blind man […]
PHall | May 21, 2018
Jesus didn’t die on the cross just to get you out of hell. He died so you could live gloriously: John 10:10-11: “A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays […]
PHall | May 21, 2018
Daily there seems to be race in the news. History is filled with nation on nation warfare. The land birthed with “all men are created equal” is rife with race against race. Is there hope? There might not be a better anti-racism treatise than Ephesisans 1-2. In fact it was written exactly for that purpose; […]
PHall | May 21, 2018
One truth exalted above all other truths becomes an untruth (N.T. Wright). Let’s discuss two truths exalted above others. Baptism. Does baptism save? According to an apostle it does: 1 Peter 3:21: “Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not as the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a good […]
PHall | May 21, 2018
For mothers, mothers of children never born, children of mothers gathered unto their mothers, mothers who had to give up their children, mothers who accepted children born of other wombs reborn in their hearts, mothers who never were but cried tears longing to be, mother-figures for those aching and empty: Romans 12:15: “Rejoice with those […]