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PHall | August 18, 2019
Does God want us restoring? Stated negatively, it is impossible to restore without preaching the gospel – because the gospel restores people. Stated positively, to restore is to preach the gospel as seen in the good news records. 1 Corinthians 11 is an example of restoration through the gospel, by restoring “the Lord’s supper.” If we […]
PHall | August 16, 2019
Can you be a Christian if you don’t believe that Christ was bodily resurrected out of the grave? Can you be a Christian if you don’t believe Christians will be bodily resurrected out of the grave? Read this entire pericope:“Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say, […]
PHall | July 25, 2019
What does it mean to believe the gospel?Belief is not easy. Nor is it a one time event. To help us understand, first notice Paul states twice the same fact of what he did (1 Corinthians15:1-2): • PAUL (v.1) “Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you”• PAUL (V.2) “which […]
PHall | April 29, 2019
When instituting the Lord’s supper during the Passover, did Jesus give any emphasis or meaning to using one container? Admittedly, there is no doubt Jesus used a physical cup, just Jesus used a table (Matthew 26:20). Both a table and cup are used in 1 Corinthians, where Paul uses them metaphorically (i.e. employing metonymy), meaning […]
PHall | April 5, 2019
A friend of mine and brother in Christ believes the “cup” mentioned in the Lord’s supper is the container. First I will present his brief argument, and then present my longer rebuttal: “I hear people say that the text never tells us how many cups they used at the institution of the Lord’s Supper… “Then […]
PHall | February 16, 2019
As emphasized within this study, structure, narrative, and such are instructive towards understanding meaning. Looking at 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, there are many ways of examining the various ways it is structured. The simplest argument for women being silent is reading only 14:34-35 and concluding, “the Bible say women be silent”. Any text can be made […]
PHall | January 28, 2019
As Genesis 3 wrongfully reverses Genesis 2; 1 Corinthians 14 corrects Genesis 3:1-7 I. What is happening in Genesis 3? 1. A question is wrongfully asked by the serpent to the woman about the word of God. 2. Then Eve takes the lead over her husband and judges both what the serpent and God said. […]
PHall | January 11, 2019
One interpretation of the phrase “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” (Genesis 2) is that the phrase is morally neutral and just means “everything”. Apparently Herodotus used the phrase that way. Knowledge has always been a convoluted topic in the Bible. “My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). So […]
PHall | December 18, 2018
Syllabus – the Roles of Women and Men in Church and Home When building a house, the first thing is putting on the roof. Then building the walls under that. Third, you lay down the floor and foundation. Of course, if you want a basement, you dig that after everything else is built. It doesn’t […]
PHall | December 5, 2018
Many do not consider baptism necessary for salvation. For your consideration compare these two verses: 1 Corinthians 6:11 – And some of you used to be like this. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. Acts 2:38 […]