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PHall | January 19, 2022
We want to love people out of their hurt, but some hurt so deeply, it is stronger than any human love. Any human love often hurts because the one who loves hurts within themselves. Consider, “For as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so through the Christ our comfort also overflows” (2 Cor.1:5). To […]
PHall | December 3, 2021
When the Roman Republic conquered the Macedonian (Or Greek) Empire, two unexpected events became reality: 1) While Rome spoke Latin, Greek remained the dominant language; 2) While the Roman Republic was moralistic (for a pagan nation), the sexual proclivities of the Greek world permeated Roman society as it morphed from Republic to Empire. In the […]
PHall | August 23, 2019
Your familiar with 1 Corinthians 16:1-3 about a collection for the saints; but how familiar are you? This is not the only time Paul spoke about this collection. Another is 2 Corinthians 8-9 which is rich in the gospel. A more neglected passage is Romans 15. I like word studies, so let’s “word up” on […]
PHall | July 26, 2019
There are days I wish I could spend doing nothing else than seeing the structures, including the chiastic structures, within the Bible. (ASV) A – TIME CREATED: 1) In the beginning B – PHYSICAL DUALITY: God created the heavens and the earth. C – DISORDER: 2) And the earth was waste and void; D – […]
PHall | July 17, 2018
Some Christians loved Paul so much they would have torn out their eyes and given them to Paul (Galatians 4:15). False teachers got to them and Paul became their enemy (Galatians 4:16). Some enemies of the truth hated Paul. This led to drastic measures on their part, even stoning Paul leaving him for dead (Acts […]
PHall | July 11, 2018
Tuesday’s Thought – Separation. Re-reading the creation account, I remembered how separation was a reoccurring feature (Genesis 1): Day 1 – Separation of light and dark, night and day. Day 2 – Separation of waters on the earth from the sky by an expanse. Day 3 – Separation of water from dry land. Day 4 […]
PHall | June 28, 2018
“Love wins” is a popular slogan for homosexual marriages. “Pride Parades” are advertised celebrations for the same lifestyle. I agree that love wins, but what does that mean? Love wins, but only through the cross; not by denying what caused the need for the cross, which is our sin. Pride is destroyed by Christ’s humiliation. […]
PHall | June 4, 2018
Despised by the English, and suffering from The Great Potato Famine, the Irish received a surprise charitable gift – $170. The year was 1847. And who were the benefactors? The Choctow Indians. They likewise had been displaced from their ancestral home, and relocated to Oklahoma by the Indian hater, Andrew Jackson. This was the infamous […]
PHall | January 27, 2018
A fish fry for mission work was recently advertised. Churches having yard sales, or pumpkin sales around Halloween is common. Is this biblical? One way to approach is asking if such has biblical authority. Can we find a command, example, or necessary implication from the inspired text. The answer is we can’t. But let’s go […]
PHall | December 7, 2016
Jesus the Reject (2 Corinthians 8:9): Jesus was born a reject in a stable because there was no room. Lived as a reject because nothing good can come out of Nazareth. Was unwelcomed as a prophet in His hometown. Associated with rejects such as lepors, sinners, prostitutes, and tax collectors. Unknown to common sense and […]