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PHall | June 30, 2010
To simultaneously give hope and challenge, there’s an old adage that says you can “rise above your raisin’ (i.e., raising).” This means that each individual is not chained by their past but instead is charged to improve their future. Our fate is not fastened to the misfortunes of others. As with most proverbs, there is […]
PHall | June 30, 2010
If we were to write a history of our home church, or of Christianity in our area, what would it look like? That would be determined by why the history is being written. Purpose decides which facts are included and excluded. Seldom if ever is history written to simply record facts – even the simple […]
PHall | June 9, 2010
The human soul yearns for freedom from its pain. Existentialists open their minds to the possibility of meaningless as the answer, allowing themselves to live with the pain as pain is the only true reality. For all of us, whether philosophically inclinded or simply searchers, the balm and relief comes down to two choices. Believers find this […]
PHall | June 8, 2010
Modern Man is too sophisticated and liberated to believe in a myth called Satan. Freud set free our subconscious and Darwin ridiculed our religion. That cannot be Satan whispering in our ear, nor the Devil plaguing our dreams. It is only us, even an “us” unknown by us. And that story – that myth – […]
PHall | June 8, 2010
“What concerns us more and more is not whether something is a fact, but whether it’s convenient that it should be believed.” (Faust Revisited – Marshall W. Fishwick)
PHall | June 3, 2010
We are often our most arrogant when defending our own humility.
PHall | June 2, 2010
We are often our most arrogant when defending our own humility. What made me think of that little thought is the various translations of 1 Timothy 1:13. The NASB reads, “violent aggressor” which suggests at least in my mind, physical and bodily force. However the HCSB and ESV read quite differently: arrogant man (HCSB) and […]