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PHall | March 18, 2024
Is Humility the Solution to Anxiety? Is a solution to worry, humility? Is pride a cause of anxiety? Seeing how a text is structured can yield unexpected truths. Notice how 1 Peter 5:5-7 has sets of opposites presented in Step Parallelism: STRUCTURE OF TEXT: • A1 – HUMILITY TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER – And all of […]
PHall | March 18, 2024
A New Bible Manuscript: Americanicus Recently a new manuscript has been discovered which can be added to the Sinaiticus and Vanticanus. It reads very much the same but does have a few major differences: Matthew 18:7 – Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but […]
PHall | March 18, 2024
I just discovered that I do not have to honor my wife when she is wrong, despite 1 Peter 3:7 saying I am to honor my wife as a co-heir of the grace of life. Here is the argument: 1. God said to honor your wives (1 Peter 3:7). 2. God also said to honor […]
PHall | March 6, 2024
I’ve long believed the emphasis on “desire” is connected to the deeper question of spiritual maturity, which does not allow mere external circumstances or influences* to discourage or impede one’s appointment. * Examples: 1. I just can’t do the job (you are not doing it by yourself; it’s not about you, at all); 2. I don’t […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
Why Live Holy Lives? “Be holy for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16) is enough reason to be holy. However, Peter expands in chapter 2 other reasons, both inwardly spiritual and outwardly focused: 1. Because we have been born again – 2:1 2. To grow into our salvation – 2:2 3. Proof we have tasted […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
Peter and Paul’s Different Reasoning for Us Submitting to Government Authorities Both Peter and Paul argue that as Christians we are to submit to governmental authorities. And while there are similarities in their instructions, when we ask, “How does this submitting to governmental authorities fit into the themes of each book?” And, “Why do these […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
A – GENERAL – 2:11-12 B – RULE – GOVERNMENT – 2:13-17 C – SUBJECT – HOUSESLAVES – 2:18-20 D – EXAMPLE – CHRIST – 2:21-25 C’ – SUBJECT – WIVES – 3:1-6 B’ – RULE – HUSBANDS – 3:7 A’ – GENERAL – 3:8-12
PHall | March 1, 2024
Weaker Vessel (1 Peter 3:7) When reading the Bible, women are AS (important word) the “weaker vessel” (1 Peter 3:7). This means women are not literally a weaker vessel, but rather men are to treat them AS a weaker vessel, something delicate, precious, and needing protection. Men must be careful not to impose upon the […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
Why are we Losing both Children and Adults? Which of the following fits someone you know: 1) They still believe in Jesus but they are not active in their faith; 2) They adopted the world’s beliefs and moral systems; 3) Their peers are their guide; 4) They are too busy to be bothered with everything; […]
PHall | March 1, 2024
What Is Peter’s Favorite OT Story and Why? Peter’s favorite O.T. story is….? If we read his epistles, one OT story is recounted 3 times: 1 Peter 3:20, 2 Peter 2:5 and 3:5-6. This OT narrative is only mentioned 6 times in the NT (Matthew 24:37–39, Luke 17:26–27, 1 Peter 3:20, 2 Peter 2:5, 2 […]