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PHall | November 22, 2019
Never have I put these two text together but…Genesis 3:2-3 – “The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”” […]
PHall | November 18, 2019
PHall | November 18, 2019
Matthew begins in a most boring way:“An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:” (CSB’17 Matthew 1:1) followed by mind-numbing names.Boring if you are not a Jew. Hidden to Gentiles in plain sight are:• 4 of the most important promises made.• 3 promises made to one man.• […]
PHall | November 18, 2019
Many funerals have I attended within the last couple of years, including my mother’s. There is a part of me that experiences guilt because of the felt grief. For those who have lost ones, you know the hope of the resurrection. But let me share a thought that is hopefully comforting.Notice what Paul does not […]
PHall | November 15, 2019
Jesus’s cleansing of the temple, throwing out the money-changers, calling it a house of prayer, is more expansive than I ever imagined. It is a connecting link between who Jesus is and what we are to be.1. In the beginning, all of the earth was created to be God’s temple. Sin entered God’s temple followed […]
PHall | November 13, 2019
Leaders need to listen…but not always or else they become followers and not leaders. There are numerous examples in the Bible – and in life – that show the various balances, when it is successful, when it fails. If I were to ask, “Why did the Israelites wander for 40 years?” A correct answer would […]
PHall | November 13, 2019
If you could change one thing about yourself and:1) Haven’t tried – there is a difference between a wish and work.2) Tried but failed – there is a difference between trying on your own and being changed by the Holy Spirit.If we all could change one thing about ourselves it is being satisfied with mediocrity […]
PHall | November 9, 2019
Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do good things happen to bad people? “Free will” is one very good answer; but that is an answer which has God backing away, necessarily, in order for free will to exist. God is not Deistic, because He is both immanent and transcendent. Free will hinges […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
What’s the greatest accomplishment God had made in your life? If “freedom from spiritual slavery” (i.e., forgiveness of sins) isn’t at the top, then think again, because that one cost the life of God incarnate. Too often we act like the Israelites of Numbers 14-15. They saw Canaan and the giants and refused to allow […]
PHall | November 8, 2019
If you don’t think studying the Bible can be fun, consider the ironies found in Numbers 12:1. Aaron and Miriam complain “Does the Lord speak only through Moses? Does He not also speak through us?” and then immediately after that, “And the Lord heard”. The irony is they claim God speaks through them, but if […]